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YEAH. THAT'S AWESOME. EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE MEETING. IT IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 2026, 550 5:51 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON TRS AGENDA ITEMS. AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY. NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. NEXT ITEM IS 26-101 ZERO MINUTES OF THE TAX INCREMENT REFINEMENT REFINANCE ZONE NUMBER ONE, TURN ONE BOARD MEETING OF JULY 21ST, 2026. MISTER CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN FELTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. I THAT MOTION IS PASSED. ARE WE USING THE THE SYSTEM? OKAY. I WAS SUPPOSED TO INSTRUCT COMMISSIONER HALE ON HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM. AND YOU KIND OF GOT IN THE WAY OF THAT, MISTER CHAIR. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE TO. SO NEXT ITEM IS 26-1011. CONSIDER TO DISCUSS. ACT ON A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATION POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, MISTER RILEY. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR ERS BOARD. LUCAS REILLY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HERE TO PRESENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY AND GUIDELINES UPDATE. THIS IS FOLLOWING A COUPLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD AROUND THE POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR THE TOUR. SO A QUICK AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAVEL OF HOW WE'VE GOTTEN HERE. SOME CHANGES TO THE POLICY DOCUMENT. TALK THROUGH SOME UPDATED PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE FOR FUNDING REQUESTS TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE CONTEXT, AND THEN TALK THROUGH A FINANCIAL FORECAST THAT STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER, AGAIN, TO AID IN THE EFFORTS OF MAKING FUNDING DECISIONS. SO AGAIN, A QUICK BACKGROUND HERE. THE TOURS ONE BOARD, THAT IS, YOU ALL REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND CLARITY AS YOU'RE MAKING FUNDING DECISIONS. THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TOURS FUND THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. THOSE INCLUDE DOWNTOWN FIRE SUPPRESSION FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS, NEW PARKING STRUCTURE, SOME PARKING MANAGEMENT FOR DOWNTOWN PARKING. AND SO A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS THAT WILL HAVE SOME PRETTY HEFTY PRICE TAGS AS WE'RE KIND OF CALCULATING ESTIMATED COSTS.
AND THOSE COME DOWN THE PIPE YOU'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STEWARDING THIS FUND? WELL TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS, WHEN THEY COME AND THEY'RE RIPE FOR FUNDING, THAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM? SO I WANTED TO TALK THROUGH SOME ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN AS STAFF TO TRY AND HELP PRODUCE THAT CONTEXT. SO THAT WAY, AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING FUNDING REQUESTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT FULL CONTEXT WITH, WITH WITHIN WHICH YOU CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. SO FIRST, I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE POLICY DOCUMENT.
SOME VERY MINOR CHANGES, REALLY JUST REMOVING SOME ETERNAL INTERNAL EVALUATION CRITERIA, LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN IN THAT DOCUMENT FOR A WHILE, BUT WAS NEVER REALLY PUT INTO EFFECT FOR SOME OF THE FUNDING TYPES AND CATEGORIES. AND THEN WE HAVE ADDED THIS TABLE, WHICH IS A FUNDING POLICY REFERENCE TABLE. THIS IS MEANT TO MAKE IT A LOT EASIER WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE FUNDING REQUESTS THAT COME BEFORE THIS BOARD. YOU CAN JUST REFERENCE THIS TABLE TO SEE, OKAY, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT TYPE AND ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE, WHAT ARE THE POLICIES REGARDING FUNDING AROUND THOSE PROJECT TYPES OR THOSE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES? AS FAR AS STAFF PRESENTATIONS GO, WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE. SOME OF THE MAIN POINTS ABOUT THESE ITEMS, HOW MUCH THEY'RE REQUESTING, ARE THEY MEETING THE FUNDING POLICIES? HAVE THEY PROVIDED DIFFERENT NUMBER OF BIDS? AND DOES THAT APPLICANT PAY AD VALOREM AND OR SALES TAX? SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN REAL LIFE HERE WITH SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS ON FUNDING APPLICATIONS THAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING. AND THEN I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK THROUGH THIS FINANCIAL FORECAST. OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY HELPFUL IN WORKING WITH US ON CREATING ESSENTIALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK BACK AND A LOOK FORWARD ON
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THE FUND SO THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT HAVE WE BROUGHT IN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. YOU CAN SEE THOSE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OVER THE LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS.LOOKING AT THE ESTIMATED FISCAL YEARS FOR FUTURE YEARS, AND WE DID INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE PROJECT ESTIMATED COSTS FOR THINGS THAT I REFERENCED, SUCH AS A DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE.
THE FIRE SUPPRESSION, DOWNTOWN PARKING, MAINTENANCE, SO THAT IF THOSE WERE FUNDED, YOU COULD SEE WHAT WHAT THE EFFECT IS ON THE FUND BALANCE. AND SO AT THE VERY BOTTOM ROW THERE SHOWS, OKAY, HERE'S THE ACTUAL FUND BALANCE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE. AND THEN IF THOSE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED AT THE CURRENT ESTIMATES, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT FUND BALANCE KIND OF DIPS DOWN. STARTING NEXT FINANCIAL OR FISCAL YEAR 2728. AND THEN HOW IT WOULD GO BACK UP IF THERE WERE NOT FURTHER KIND OF LARGE REQUESTS ON THE FUND BALANCE.
SO DIALING INTO WHAT EXACTLY THAT LOOKS LIKE, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL BASED ON ESTIMATES, THOSE THOSE ACTUAL BALANCES WOULD CHANGE EITHER GO UP OR DOWN BASED ON ACTUAL FUNDING DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE MADE IN THE FUTURE BY THIS BOARD. BUT AGAIN, THE IDEA IS THAT IF YOU HAVE FUNDING REQUESTS THAT COME IN AND THEY'RE EITHER OUTSIDE OF THE POLICY AND GUIDELINES, FUNDING RESTRICTIONS AND OR GUIDANCE, OR THEY'RE IN A CATEGORY THAT DOESN'T HAVE LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS, THAT WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THAT FUNDING DECISION, YOU CAN HAVE THE FULL CONTEXT OF WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO THE UNRESTRICTED BALANCE IN THE FISCAL YEARS TO COME. ANY QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS, LUCAS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LUCAS. SO WE NEED TO MAKE WE NEED TO ACT ON THIS RESOLUTION. OKAY. I'LL MOVE THAT. WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED BY LUCAS, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA. SECOND.
SECONDED BY. COUNCILMAN LYNCH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ARE ALL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ANY MOTION? OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. NEXT ITEM IS 26-1014. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON RESOLUTION APPROVING A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND PROJECT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT WITH HAPPY MIX CRITERIA FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, INTERIOR EXTERIOR DEMOLITION, HISTORIC FACADE RESTORATION IMPROVEMENTS AND CRITICAL MAINTENANCE AT 113 SOUTH TENNESSEE STREET. NOT. GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PRESENTING THREE APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING. AND BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THEM, I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT AFTER THE AGENDA POSTING THAT LAST APPLICATION FOR MCDONALD STREET, THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THAT ONE. AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT BEFORE WE STARTED THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU THOUGH, IS FOR 113 SOUTH TENNESSEE STREET, ALSO KNOWN AS HAPPY MIX CREPERIE. AS A QUICK BACKGROUND, THIS BUSINESS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HISTORIC OVERLAY. IT'S JUST A BLOCK OFF OF THE SQUARE. THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED CIRCA 1900 AND IS A HIGH PRESERVATION PRIORITY. THE BUSINESS HAPPY MIX HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THEIR COMMERCIAL SPACE LONGER THAN THAT, THOUGH. TONIGHT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT OF A LITTLE OVER 50,000 FROM TOURS, WHICH WOULD COVER WORK IN THE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, HISTORIC FACADE RESTORATION IMPROVEMENTS AND CRITICAL MAINTENANCE. THE DOCUMENTATION IN THE AGENDA KIND OF DICKS FURTHER INTO THIS PROJECT, BUT I DID WANT TO POINT TOWARDS THEIR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR THE MORE SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN OF THEIR EXPENDITURES AND THEIR LETTER OF INTENT, WHICH IS WHERE THEY SPEAK TO THE PROJECT, THE COSTS AND HOW THEY MEET THE FUNDING GUIDELINES. THEY DO NOT HAVE MULTIPLE BIDS BECAUSE THEY SUBMITTED POST WORK. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING REQUEST AS IT DOES MEET THE ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES AND THE FUNDING GUIDELINES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT SLASH BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ALSO HERE
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TONIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YEAH. WHEN YOU'RE YOU'VE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE 50,000 IN A LITTLE BIT. WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT ON DOING A PRE BID VERSUS POST BID AND OR POST CONSTRUCTION. WHAT'S THE STANDARDS. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SAYS YOU MUST SUBMIT THIS BEFORE. THERE IS JUST A PREFERENCE FOR GETTING MULTIPLE BIDS. WHEN ANY APPLICANT SUBMITS WITHOUT MULTIPLE BIDS, I ASK THEM TO COME PREPARED TO SPEAK TO HOW THEY GOT TO THAT PRICE. OKAY. HOW DID THEY GET TO THAT PRICE? LET'S HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.IF IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO THAT. YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M KEVIN KOVAC, OWNER OF HAPPY MIX GREGORY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR CONSIDERING OUR APPLICATION. I USED TO BE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND SO I HAD MULTIPLE BIDS FROM MY SUBCONTRACTORS. BUT I ACTED AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AS A WAY TO SAVE MONEY. AND I HAD THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO DO SO. SO IT WASN'T NECESSARY FOR ME TO GET A SEPARATE GENERAL CONTRACTOR. WE DO OWN AND OPERATE THE RESTAURANT OURSELVES, BUT I WAS ABLE TO DO MOST OF THE WORK MYSELF TO SAVE ON COST. KEVIN, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE WHOLE TOURIST REIMBURSEMENT THING THAT YOU'RE APPLYING FOR NOW WAS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT WHEN YOU STARTED THIS PROJECT? IS THAT FAIR? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT'S MY SENSE TOO. AND I WANT TO SAY TO Y'ALL THAT I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. I WOULD MUCH RATHER FOLKS COME UP HERE KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE DOING. AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR ON THAT FROM THE DYESS.
BUT Y'ALL TOOK ON A BUILDING ON THE SQUARE THAT HAD LONG BEEN, LET'S CALL IT NEGLECTED WITH SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT BETTER THAN I KNOW THAT, BUT YOU'VE CREATED SOMETHING REALLY COOL ON THE SQUARE, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE. THANK YOU. YES, WE WORKED ON IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE PROGRAM DURING THAT, I WOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR IT. I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE. YEAH, KIND OF MORE OF A GENERAL QUESTION.
AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. SO BUT HOW MUCH NEW THINGS DID YOU FIND THAT WERE UNEXPECTED TREATS WHILE YOU WERE DOING YOUR RECONSTRUCTION? YES, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TEARING INTO A BUILDING OF THIS AGE. I THINK THE MOST INTERESTING THING HAPPENED WHEN SINCE AS A RESTAURANT, WE HAVE TO PUT IN A GREASE TRAP, WHICH. WHICH WE DID IN THE ALLEYWAY. BUT AS WE WERE EXCAVATING OR THE PLUMBER WAS EXCAVATING BACK THERE, THEY FOUND A SUBTERRANEAN WATER MAIN LEAK. THAT THE CITY DETERMINED WAS LEAKING LIKE 15 GALLONS A MINUTE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND SO THE CITY WAS ABLE TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE CARE OF IT. BUT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING ON REALLY IN PERPETUITY UNTIL SOMEONE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING LIKE THIS. AND THEN ALSO CASSIE HELPED US AS SHE WAS KIND OF HELPING US WITH OUR APPLICATION. WE, WE ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS ANOTHER LEAK IN THE ALLEY FURTHER DOWN. THIS WAS THIS WAS ACTUALLY JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER LEAK. ANYWAY, CASSIE ENDED UP, I THINK, NOTIFYING THE CITY OF THAT AND THEY GOT THAT FIXED AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THOSE OLD ALLEYWAYS AND SOMETIMES THEY GO UNNOTICED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. I APPRECIATE YOU SAVING THE CITY MONEY. AMEN. THANK YOU. YES. NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS APPLICATION AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECOND.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA, SECONDED BY MAYOR COX. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION IS APPROVED 7 TO 0 OR 6 TO 0. NEXT ITEM IS 26-1013. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND PROJECT PLAN. IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT WITH NEAR SELAH ON THE HISTORIC FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE 111 EAST VIRGINIA STREET. THANK YOU. SO THIS APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS FOR 111 EAST VIRGINIA STREET, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS LAYERED. FOR ANYONE UNFAMILIAR, THIS BUILDING IS ON THE SQUARE PROPER. IT WAS BUILT CIRCA 1876 AND IS A HIGH PRESERVATION PRIORITY, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PHOTOGRAPH. ON THE SLIDE, THE STAINED GLASS PORTION OF
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THAT FACADE IS PRETTY DAMAGED AND DETERIORATING, WHICH IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME IMMEDIATE MAINTENANCE. TONIGHT, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT OF $17,774.48 FROM TOURS. THE COMPLETE RESTORATION OF THESE FIVE PANELS OF STAINED GLASS ON THE FACADE QUALIFIES UNDER THE HISTORIC FACADE. RESTORATION IMPROVEMENTS ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE CATEGORY. THE APPLICANT DID NOTE IN THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY TRIED TO SOLICIT MULTIPLE BIDS. HOWEVER, THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO FIND ONE QUALIFIED COMPANY THAT WOULD TAKE ON THE JOB. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE FUNDING REQUEST AS IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE IN THE FUNDING GUIDELINES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT WHO CAN ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. THANK YOU. SIR. ANY DISCUSSION? SHOULD WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? YES. CAN WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? YES, SIR. HI THERE. I'M JANET CLARK. I'M HERE REPRESENTING NEAR. HE WAS UNABLE TO COME TONIGHT, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT IT IS JUST SIMPLY THE. I MEAN, CASSIE DID A GREAT JOB. THE STAINED GLASS IS GREATLY DETERIORATING. WE TRY. LIKE SHE SAID, WE TRIED TO FIND DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS TO GIVE US A BID AND WE COULD NEVER GET ANYBODY TO, I GUESS, ACTUALLY SUBMIT SOMETHING IN WRITING. I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE STAINED GLASS BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT THE STAINED GLASS. WE DON'T WANT TO REPLACE IT. WE WANT TO PROTECT IT AND HAVE THEM FIX IT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE IT. BUT WE WANT THEM TO USE THE GLASS THAT'S IN IN THERE NOW. SO IT WAS VERY, VERY HARD. WE FOUND ONE COMPANY AND THIS IS IT. AND WE'VE TRIED FOR THE PAST PROBABLY 18 MONTHS. I WILL SAY TO THAT, NEAR IS ALSO RECENTLY PURCHASED THE BUILDING AS WELL. SO HE'S NO LONGER JUST A TENANT. HE'S ALSO AN OWNER OPERATOR OF THE BUILDING. SO VERY INVESTED, IF YOU WILL, TO THIS BUILDING. SO WE JUST WANT TO PROTECT THE EXTERIOR AND MAKE IT LOOK BETTER FOR THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. SO JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE ANY SIGN OF DAMAGE BEHIND THE STAINED GLASS THAT WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO IT WARPING? NO, I WOULDN'T THINK SO. IT'S JUST BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS, IS THE STAINED GLASS. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE IT. PROBABLY BOARDED UP FOR A WHILE, SO THEY CAN TAKE IT OFF SITE AND THEN REINSTALL IT. BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM THE UPSTAIRS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE LEAKING. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING COMING DOWN THE WALL PER SE.NOW, IS THAT TO SAY THAT ONCE WE HAVE THAT REMOVED, THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE YOU DO IN ALL THESE BUILDINGS? HAVE NO IDEA, BUT WE DON'T FORESEE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DO I HAVE THEM? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JANET.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HALE. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED 7 TO 1. I MEAN, SEVEN ZERO. NEXT ITEM IS 26-1012. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CHARTER. A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMICD PROJECT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT WITH SHORTY'S MCKINNEY LLC FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, FIRE SUPPRESSION, HISTORIC FACADE RESTORATION IMPROVEMENTS AND CRITICAL MAINTENANCE AT 109 NORTH KENTUCKY STREET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, YES, THIS IS FOR ONE 109 NORTH KENTUCKY STREET, ALSO KNOWN AS SHORTY'S.
THIS BUILDING IS A HIGH PRIORITY, HIGH PRESERVATION PRIORITY BUILDING. IT'S LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC OVERLAY. AND IT WAS BUILT CIRCA 1875. SHORTY'S IS DIRECTLY ON THE SQUARE PROPER, AND IT BEGAN OPERATING THIS YEAR. SO TONIGHT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT OF $65,425.75. AS YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THEIR INITIAL ASK WAS FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER 91,000. WHEN STAFF WAS REVIEWING THE REQUEST, WE FOUND THAT SOME OF THE WORK, WHILE
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ELIGIBLE, WAS INCORRECTLY CATEGORIZED, AND THAT CHANGED THE AMOUNT OF MATCH NEEDED TO MEET OUR FUNDING REQUIREMENTS. THEIR APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED POST WORK BEING COMPLETED, SO THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL BIDS. HOWEVER, AFTER REVIEWING THE EXPENDITURES WITH THE OWNER, BRIAN STAFF RECOMMENDED THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT THAT YOU SEE HERE. THIS DOES MEET THE FUNDING GUIDELINES AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO THIS REVISED AMOUNT. THE APPLICANT GOES INTO A LOT OF DETAIL IN THEIR LETTER OF INTENT, BUT ONE OF THE LARGER AND MOST UNUSUAL PARTS OF THE PROJECT THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE REMOVAL OF 60,000 POUNDS OF ROCK, SAND AND DEBRIS FROM THE CEILING. I'M GOING TO LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, BUT IT WAS A STRUCTURAL ISSUE THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OVER TIME. THERE WAS ALSO PLUMBING WORK, ELECTRICAL WORK AND GAS WORK. AND LIKE I SAID, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND FUNDING THIS AT THE 65,425. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT AND BUSINESS OWNER IS HERE TONIGHT AND READY TO SPEAK TO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ASK HIM AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? GOOD EVENING.BOARD. MY NAME IS BRIAN MCVEIGH, OWNER AND OPERATOR OF SHORTY'S LOCATED, AS YOU NOTED, 109 NORTH KENTUCKY. THE I WILL TERM AS THE OLDEST BUILDING ON THE SQUARE EXISTING BEFORE THE ACTUAL COURTHOUSE ITSELF TOOK ON THIS PROJECT A YEAR AGO. FIRST FIRST THING I HAD TO DO WAS BRING IN AN ENGINEER TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WALLS AND THE FIRST ENGINEER CAME IN AND SAID, I HAD TO REPLACE THREE FEET AND DOWN BOTH WALLS FROM FRONT TO BACK. AND KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE SHARED WALLS WITH THE BUILDINGS NEXT DOOR, SO THAT THAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL WITH THOSE BUILDING OWNERS. SO AS WE WERE DOING OUR OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND GOT UP INTO A CAVITY ABOVE THE CEILING, WE REALIZED THAT WHAT, WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE IS THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1875, AND IN EARLY 1870S, THE RAILROAD TRACKS WERE KIND OF RE REDONE AND STANDARDIZED, AND SOMEBODY HAD A LOT OF USED RAILROAD TRACK ON THEIR HANDS. SO EVERY 16IN ON CENTER, INSTEAD OF A WOOD CEILING JOISTS, YOU HAVE A PIECE OF RAILROAD TRACK. AND ON TOP OF THAT, WELL, IN BETWEEN THEY PLACED ONE INCH BOARD. AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT, THEY PLACED 22IN OF THE SAME MATERIAL THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED THE WALLS OUT OF SO BIG BOULDERS AND SAND AND ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY FIT IN A BUCKET AND GET UP THERE. SO THAT THAT CAME RAINING DOWN ON US AS WE TRIED TO GET UP AND ATTEND TO SOME OF THE, THE PRESSED TIN CEILING THAT WAS REALLY ROTTED. SO THE GOOD THING IS WE FOUND OUT WHY THE WALLS WERE IN SUCH REALLY BAD CONDITION BECAUSE OF ALL THAT WEIGHT THAT WAS PRESSING DOWN. SO THE SECOND ENGINEER CAME IN AND SAID THAT, YEAH, WE GET ALL THE DEBRIS OUT OF THE CEILING, CLEAN UP THE WALLS, REPACK IT, AND IT'LL PREVENT THE BUILDING FROM COLLAPSING. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE GOT ALL THAT RUBBLE OUT. AND YOU MAY REMEMBER A SMALL PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THERE WAS A LITTLE SMOKE SCREEN DOWNTOWN, WHERE ALL THAT RUBBLE COMING OUT JUST COULDN'T PREVENT THE DEBRIS FROM KIND OF BILLOWING UP. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE WITH THAT. BUT THAT WAS THE BIGGEST UNKNOWN GOING INTO THIS ONE. SO AMONGST AMONGST A LOT OF OTHERS. BUT BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE FUNDING ALSO IS GREASE TRAP WITH A DECISION TO REROUTE THE PLUMBING IN THIS BUILDING AT SOME POINT TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, LEFT ZERO SPACE FOR A GREASE TRAP OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE UNDER THE PATIO, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
SO WE WE WERE LUCKILY ENOUGH TO GET IT APPROVED TO PUT THE GREASE TRAP INSIDE, WHICH THEN MADE IT INELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE PROGRAM HERE. BUT BUT ANYWAY, WE FOUGHT THROUGH IT AND MADE IT WORK. AND WE CREATED SOMETHING I THINK IS NOT ONLY GIVING THE BUILDING ANOTHER YEAR OR 100 YEAR LIFE, BUT SOMETHING I THINK THE CITY OF MCKINNEY CAN BE PROUD OF AND HOPEFULLY BRING. YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN FRIENDS IN AND GET A GREAT SMASHBURGER HOT DOG COCKTAIL.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? BRIAN, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. I'VE OFFICED ON THE SQUARE AND I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS FOR 30 YEARS. I MOVED THERE WHEN I WAS THREE. THANK YOU.
BUT MAN, THAT PLACE WAS SUCH A MESS AND YOU'VE MADE IT SUCH A GREAT THING. SO REALLY GLAD YOU'RE THERE. YOU'VE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB AND THANKS FOR THAT STORY. THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY ABOUT THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND EVERYTHING SO CRAZY. SO I'LL BE VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT
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THIS. THANK YOU. JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU DID GET SOME FUNDING AS WELL FROM CDC, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. I GOT APPROVED FOR ROUGHLY 26,000 FOR BRINGING IN ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING AND AND GAS. THIS BUILDING HAD NEVER BEEN UPGRADED TO, TO BE A RESTAURANT.SO WHILE IT OPERATED AS, AS SOMETHING SUCH, BUT IT HAD NO GREASE TRAP, IT HAD NO VENTILATION AND NO FIRE SUPPRESSION. DIDN'T EVEN HAVE GAS, PUT IT THAT WAY. FIRE SUPPRESSION. YEAH. WE HAD 22IN OF DEBRIS ON THE CEILING THAT WAS ON FIRE PROTECTION BECAUSE IT DID PREVENT THE BUILDING FROM BURNING DOWN. AND I THINK IT WAS 1877 WHEN THE FIRE BURNED DOWN, THAT ENTIRE SECTION OF THE SQUARE AND THE BUILDING WAS STOOD THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THAT DEBRIS. SO YOU CAN STILL SEE ALL THE BURN MARKS UP IN THE UP IN THE CEILING. IT'S CRAZY. DO YOU STILL HAVE A RAILROAD IN YOUR CEILING? YEAH, IT'S ALL STILL THERE. PROBABLY ENOUGH TRACK TO GET YOU FROM HERE TO DALLAS OR FORT. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR PATRONAGE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION BY. COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS. SECOND. SECOND BY MAYOR COX.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. AND I THINK THAT LAST ONE IS THE ONE THAT GOT PULLED, MISTER CHAIR. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. SO WE DON'T NEED ANY ACTION ON THAT. WE NEED TO DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. DO WE TABLE IT. WE TABLING THAT ONE INDEFINITELY. OKAY OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS. SO MOVED. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS INDEFINITELY. MISTER CHAIR, I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION BY MISTER CLOUTIER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELTUS. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THAT MOTION APPROVED, SEVEN ZERO. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA. SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO. SO MOVED TO ADJOURN. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLUTIER, SECONDED BY MAYOR COX. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.
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