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READY? GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. TODAY IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, THE YEAR 2026. IT IS 803 IN THE
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MORNING. WE'RE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. THIS IS OUR MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULAR MEETING. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOUR NAME? YES. FIRST ORDER OF[26-1036 Election of Officers Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer]
BUSINESS IS ELECTION OF OFFICERS. ITEM 261036. ANYONE LIKE TO WEIGH IN? I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP OUR OFFICERS AS THEY ARE. OKAY. GEORGE FULLER IS CHAIR. DAVID RITCHIE AS VICE CHAIR, CHRIS WILKES AS TREASURER AND DEBORAH BRADFORD AS SECRETARY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER. IF NOT, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL. SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ARE WE JUST GOING TO DO A SHOW OF HANDS ON THIS ONE? OKAY, LET'S DO A SHOW OF HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. NEVER MIND. WE'RE WORKING. I VOTE. GO AHEAD. HOLD ON. THERE IT IS. GOOD. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES. PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. UNLESS YOU. THAT'S A PUBLIC. WE WILL THEN MOVE TO INFORMATION.[26-1037 30 Years of MCDC: Community Partner Spotlight - McKinney Housing Authority]
INFORMATION SHARING ITEMS. ITEM 261037 30 YEARS MC, DC COMMUNITY PARTNER SPOTLIGHT AND TODAY IS MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY. AUSTIN, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. CLICKER INSTRUCTIONS. LISA. GOOD, GOOD. WELL, WE'LL JUST FIGURE IT OUT. GOOD MORNING, MISS MILLER. CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS. MISS CINDY, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY. ON BEHALF OF THE MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SHARE WHAT THE INVESTMENT BETWEEN THE MC, DC CITY OF MCKINNEY HAS AMOUNTED TO FOR THE MCKINNEY HOUSE. OKAY, LET'S JUST GO. SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1949 BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO PROVIDE SAFE, DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS.AND OVER THE DECADES, THE AGENCY HAS EVOLVED FROM TRADITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATIONS TO A MODERN, COMMUNITY FOCUSED HOUSING PROVIDER. TODAY, MCKINNEY IS A RAPIDLY GROWING CITY OF APPROXIMATELY 215,000 PLUS RESIDENTS, INCREASING THE NEED FOR INNOVATIVE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MH CURRENTLY OVERSEES APPROXIMATELY 1200 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN 2016, APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS OR SO AGO. THIS IS FULL CIRCLE FOR US WITH THE CHAIRMAN WAS GEORGE FULLER AT THE TIME, AND MISS CINDY INVITED WILL HENDERSON AND I TO COME AND PRESENT OUR PRESENTATION FOR REDEVELOPING THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES.
MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY PARTICIPATED IN A PILOT PROGRAM WITH HUD. WE WERE CHOSEN ONE OF THREE HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM, AND THAT ALLOWED US TO. WITH YOUR INVESTMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING HERE IN MCKINNEY. WITH SUPPORT FROM MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND NATIONAL EQUITY FUND, MH DEMOLISHED 64 DETERIORATED PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS KNOWN AS NEWSOME HOMES. WE RECONSTRUCTED THOSE PROPERTIES AT 180 UNITS. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY LOCATED OFF OF SCOTT STREET AND HIGHWAY FIVE, SO I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE PASSED IT. YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT THERE. PARTICULAR INVESTMENT.
OUR CHAIRMAN HERE CHALLENGED THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO MEET THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY DID WITH REGARD TO MC, DC. AND SO FOR THAT INVESTMENT, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A NEWSOME HOMES THERE. IT'S MOSTLY ELDERLY AND DISABLED, ONE AND TWO BEDROOM HOMES LOCATED OFF OF HIGHWAY FIVE BUILT THAT IN 2017. PHASE TWO OF THAT REDEVELOPMENT TRANSFER TRANSFORMATION WAS THE 86 UNITS LOCATED OFF OF 1200
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NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. WE TORE DOWN THE OLD PUBLIC HOUSING BUILDINGS, OUR OFFICES THERE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT THAT PROPERTY TO 136 NEW UNITS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO REDEVELOP OUR MAINTENANCE FACILITY INTO OUR OFFICES THAT ARE LOCATED AT 603 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. THE COMMUNITY OPENED IN JANUARY OF 2020, AND THAT PROPERTY NOW SITS ON TEN ACRES. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE WE'VE GOT A FACILITY THAT HOLDS 136 UNITS. IT'S A FAMILY PROPERTY. WE HAVE AN AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM AT THE PROPERTY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A TRAINING CENTER THAT WAS DEVELOPED ON BEHALF OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THAT OFFICE. SO WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT ATTEND AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM THERE, WEEKLY, VERY ACTIVE PROGRAM, STEM TRAINING OF ELEMENTARY CHILDREN. AND SO IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. SO NOW 2026, THE COMPLETION OF THE REMNANT AT GREENWOOD. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CLOSE OUT SOME LAST CHAOS AND SAFETY MEASURES TO GET THOSE OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATES SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS THE LAST OF TWO SCATTERED SITES, APPROXIMATELY 50 UNITS. IT WILL NOW BE 96 UNITS OF ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM, BASICALLY ALMOST TOWNHOME STYLE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE EAST SIDE, JUST JUST WEST OF HERE.AND ALSO YOU'VE GOT THE PROPERTY AT THROCKMORTON AS WELL. SO WE'LL CLOSE THOSE OUT.
AND THAT FINAL PROJECT WILL COME ONLINE THIS YEAR AS WELL. WE HOPE TO HAVE A GRAND OPENING.
HAVE ALL OF YOU GUYS ATTEND THAT AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S NICE. IT'S ON MURRAY STREET AND THE ONE AT THROCKMORTON, JUST SOUTH OF 380 VILLAS REMNANT AT GREENWOOD. FINALLY, MHA PROUDLY ADMINISTERS THREE CORE VOUCHER PROGRAMS SUPPORTING HOUSING STABILITY FOR MCKINNEY RESIDENTS, 360 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, 74 MAINSTREAM VOUCHERS SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AND FIVE VETERAN VOUCHERS FOR MILITARY VETERANS. THESE PROGRAMS ENABLE FAMILIES TO SECURE SAFE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHILE PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY. MHA'S WORK IS SUPPORTED THROUGH MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING FEDERAL HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM, MAINSTREAM AND VAST ALLOCATIONS TAX CREDIT, EQUITY INVESTMENTS FROM PARTNERS SUCH AS NATIONAL EQUITY FUND AND ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION, AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MCDC LEADERSHIP AND FINANCIAL COMMITMENT HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL TO MCKINNEY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRANSFORMATION. ROUGHLY 2.1% OF THE TOTAL FEDERAL BUDGET IS WHAT GOES TO HOUSING. SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MCKINNEY, IT'S LIMITED, VERY LIMITED COMPARED TO THE GREATER POPULATION. OVERALL, THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP. MHA AND MCDC MCDC PARTNERSHIP WITH MHA EXTENDS WELL BEYOND REDEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING. TOGETHER, THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE UNITED CITY LEADERS, RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES TO FORM A COALITION DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING CHALLENGES IN MCKINNEY BY COMBINING RESOURCES, CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY COMMITMENT, THIS COALITION CONTINUES TO PURSUE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE. MHA REMAINS DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE MISSION DRIVEN LEADERSHIP OF MCDC BOARD AND STAFF, AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. GREAT WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ITEM 26103838 UPDATE REGARDING COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CAMERON CHRISTIE. I AM A PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, WHICH, IF Y'ALL DID NOT KNOW, IS OCTOBER. THERE WE GO. SO WHAT IS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH? IT IS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE BY THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION TO HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE OF PLANNING. IT'S CELEBRATED EVERY OCTOBER IN THE UNITED STATES TO HIGHLIGHT THE VITAL ROLE OF URBAN AND COMMUNITY PLANNING AND THE WORK OF PLANNERS NATIONWIDE. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 AND FOCUSES EACH YEAR ON THEMES SUCH AS CIVIC
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ENGAGEMENT, HOUSING RESILIENCE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HOSTS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES EACH YEAR AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION, WITH THIS YEAR BEING THE MOST EXPANSIVE BY FAR. SO TO KICK THINGS OFF, WE ALWAYS HAVE A PROCLAMATION. THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER, BUT AFTER THAT IT'S ALL EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL OUTREACH EVENTS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS US PARTNERING WITH THE LIBRARY FOR THEIR MAD SCIENCE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. WE PARTNER WITH THEM TO GUEST HOST ONE OF THEIR SESSIONS EACH YEAR. WE'VE DONE IT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WHAT IT IS, IS A STEAM AFTER SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHERE EACH WEEK HAS A UNIQUE THEME, SO IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM, IN OUR CASE, LIKE THE SCIENCE OF CITY PLANNING TO HOW DO CATAPULTS WORK? SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE COME IN AND WE GIVE A PRESENTATION COVERS A BRIEF HISTORY OF PLANNING, STARTING WITH LIKE THE VERY FIRST CITIES. AND THEN WE KIND OF WANT TO IMPART ON THEM THE THING THAT DIFFERENTIATES JUST A BUNCH OF BUILDINGS PUT SLAPPED AROUND WHEREVER ON THE GROUND IN A CITY IS THAT A CITY IS PLANNED.SO THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS, NOT CITIES. BUT AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW COMMUNITIES FUNCTION, WE START TO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE AND WE START TO PLAN CITIES. WE THEN SHOW THEM A SHORT YOUTUBE VIDEO BY CRASH COURSE KIDS. AND THEN THE FUN PART, WE SET THEM LOOSE TO JUST BUILD THEIR OWN CITIES WITH LEGOS. THEY LOVE THIS. NOW HERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. AND IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THEM, IT MIGHT NOT BE CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TALK TO THE KIDS, THEY GET VERY IN DEPTH AND IT'S CLEAR THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, LIKE THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. I WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS BUILDING A PARK WITH A FOUNTAIN NEXT TO AN OUTDOOR. I THINK IT WAS LIKE A GYM. SO TRYING TO KEEP THOSE USES TOGETHER. AND HE WAS, HE HAD PLENTY OF PLANS FOR THE THE GREEN FILL DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTH HAD NOT GOTTEN TO THAT JUST YET. AND SAME WITH THE ONE ON THE LEFT. THEY BUILT WHAT THEY BASICALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING LIKE A BUS RAPID TRANSIT STATION. SO IT WAS FANTASTIC. THESE KIDS ARE LIKE K THROUGH FIVE AND THEY'RE COMING UP WITH ALL OF THIS. AFTER JUST SITTING THROUGH LIKE A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION. OUR NEXT EVENT IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE PLANNING ROAD SHOW. THIS IS NEW THIS YEAR. WHAT WE DO IS WE GO OUT IN PUBLIC, WE SET UP BOOTHS. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE FROM THE FARMERS MARKET EARLIER THIS MONTH. WE BASICALLY JUST GO OUT, HAND OUT SWAG AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, SOLICIT ANY QUESTIONS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE, JUST GENERALLY INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC. I WILL SAY OUR STAFF THAT SET THIS ONE UP DID A FANTASTIC JOB TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DOING MORE BOOTHS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET OUTSIDE OF JUST COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, BUT IT'S REALLY A GREAT WAY TO JUST INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC AND KIND OF INTRODUCE THEM TO WHAT PLANNING IS, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT CITY PLANNERS DO. I KNOW THAT FIVE, SIX YEARS INTO MY CAREER, MY PARENTS STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I DO. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BROACH THE SUBJECT OF WHAT IS CITY PLANNING. SO FOR THE ROADSHOW, WE'VE GOT SEVEN BOOTHS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH, LIKE I SAID, THE FARMERS MARKET, BUT ALSO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARKS. LIKE WE DID TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL LAST WEEKEND. LET ME TELL YOU, THAT IS A LOT OF CHILDREN IN A THREE HOUR PERIOD, WE SET UP AT OLD SETTLERS. NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO BE AT FINCH. WE WERE AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY. AND FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING OUT THE MONTH WITH AN EVENING BOOTH AT TUFTS. HERE'S JUST SOME MORE PICTURES FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET. AGAIN, THIS ONE WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE ALSO GIVING OUT TREES AND SHRUBS AS LIKE A LITTLE PROMO FOR OUR UPCOMING SHARE THE SHADE EVENT, WHERE WE GIVE OUT TREES TO RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
SO PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THAT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE PLANNING PASSPORT, WHICH IS AN ACTIVITY THAT IS THROUGH THE MCKINNEY TEXAS APP, WHICH IS THE VISIT MCKINNEY APP. IF YOU DID NOT KNOW, WE HAD A SORT OF SIMILAR ACTIVITY LAST YEAR, BUT THIS ONE'S MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE. HUGE SHOUT OUT TO COMMS AND MARKETING AND MCKINNEY. THEY REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SET THIS SCAVENGER HUNT UP. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF Y'ALL PLAYED THE AMERICA 250
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SCAVENGER HUNT THAT MCKINNEY OR VISIT MCKINNEY PUT ON IN JULY. THIS IS IN THE SAME VEIN AS THAT. BASICALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO GO AROUND TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. THERE'S DIFFERENT PASSES, LIKE THERE'S A PARKS PASS, YOU VISIT THE FIVE PARKS AND YOU LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM. THERE'S LIKE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT PASS WHERE YOU'LL VISIT SOME OF OUR WELL-KNOWN PLAN DEVELOPMENTS LIKE CRAIG RANCH OR ADRIATICA. I MEAN, YOU'LL LEARN WHAT A PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS IF YOU DON'T KNOW. AND SO THE POINT OF ALL THIS IS THEY'RE CHECKING IN TO THESE LOCATIONS. THEY'RE LEARNING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, AND THEY CAN WIN SOME AWESOME PRIZES. HUGELY GRATEFUL TO BOTH MEDC AND AVELLO AIRLINES FOR PRICE SUPPORT THIS YEAR. FIRST PRIZE IS ROUND TRIP TICKETS OUT OF THE NEW TERMINAL AT THE AIRPORT. SECOND PRIZE IS BYRON NELSON TICKETS. SO JUST HUGELY THANKFUL TO THEIR SUPPORT. IT WAS HONESTLY FANTASTIC. SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH? WELL, WE WANT TO KEEP EXPANDING. EACH YEAR HAS BEEN BIGGER THAN THE LAST AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT GOING. WE'VE GOT A FEW IDEAS. ONE, WE REALLY WANT TO PARTNER WITH AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO DO A MOCK CITY COUNCIL. WE ALREADY HAVE THE GROUNDWORK THERE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO A PILOT IN THE SPRING FOR A MORE EXPANSIVE EVENT NEXT YEAR. WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT DOING A PLANNING BC BEFORE CARS LIBRARY SEMINAR ABOUT CITY PLANNING AND HOW DIFFERENT IT IS NOW COMPARED TO HOW IT WAS BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTOMOBILE, AND THEN MAYBE BRANCHING OUT AND DOING A DIFFERENT MAD SCIENCE CURRICULUM ON STORMWATER RUNOFF AND URBAN FORESTRY. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO INPUT. IF YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA, PLEASE REACH OUT TO PLANNING.WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. INFORMATIVE. ALL RIGHT. MOVE NOW TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. PORTION OF THE
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AGENDA CONSISTS OF NON-CONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBER MAKING SUCH REQUEST PRIOR TO A MOTION AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. DOES ANYONE WANT TO DISCUSS AN ITEM? PULL IT DOWN OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE IS ALREADY PASSED AND SECONDED.THEY'RE MINE. OKAY, CAST YOUR VOTES, MAN. THEY'RE QUICK. HOLD UP. WHAT TIME? MOTION CAN YOU STATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE A MOTION? SO, DAVID, CAN YOU SAY YOU MOVE TO MAKE MOTION AND THEN. YES, YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I WILL SECOND, GABBY. QUICK. ALL RIGHT.
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MOTION PASSES. MOVE TO REPORTS. ITEM 261042. FINANCIAL REPORT. CHANCE. GOOD MORNING. CHANCE MILLER, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. WE ARE ON THE 11TH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO WE ARE ALMOST AT THE FINISH LINE. WE HAD A VERY BUSY MONTH FOR THE CDC. FOR REVENUES. WE COLLECTED ALMOST $2.8 MILLION, THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMING FROM SALES TAX REVENUE, WHICH WAS ALMOST 2.4 MILLION. WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPENDITURES, OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FOR A LITTLE OVER 70,000 PROJECT EXPENSES. IT WAS A VERY BUSY MONTH, LIKE I MENTIONED, WAS A LITTLE OVER 3.5 MILLION, THE MAJORITY OF THAT BEING THE COMMUNITY GRANTS AND PROJECTS CATEGORY. AND FINALLY NON-DEPARTMENTAL. WE HAD OUR INS PAYMENTS COME OUT THIS MONTH FOR ONE OF THE TWO COME OUT THIS MONTH. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT WAS CLOSE TO $2 MILLION. AND IF YOU ADD THEM ALL UP TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT OVER $2 MILLION. SO TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS 5.7 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. TOUCHING ON SALES TAX.SO THIS IS FUNDS WE RECEIVED IN AUGUST. BUT IT ACTUALLY APPLIES TO SALES IN MCKINNEY IN JUNE.
SO WE HAD A 6.4% INCREASE. ALLEN HAD A 33.5% INCREASE. FRISCO HAD A 16% INCREASE IN PLANO HAD AN 8% DECREASE. THE ONE THING I'LL MENTION FOR US IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD AN AUDIT COLLECTION THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED US. OUR TRUE PERIOD TO PERIOD INCREASE WAS A LITTLE OVER 11%, WHICH IS THE BEST MONTH WE'VE HAD IN ABOUT 13 MONTHS NOW. SO A REALLY STRONG MONTH FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. BUT WITH THE AUDIT COLLECTION THAT BRINGS OUR YEAR TO DATE INCREASE UP TO 5.6%. LASTLY, ON THE SALES TAX SALES TAX BY INDUSTRY, IF YOU RECALL, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE UTILITIES CATEGORY HAD TAKEN AN AUDIT HIT. AND WE'RE KIND OF WORKING BACK TO ALMOST BREAKING EVEN. AND THEN THIS MONTH IS WHEN THE NEXT AUDIT COLLECTION HIT THAT SAME INDUSTRY. SO IT IS DOWN 27%. IF YOU FACTOR OUT THE AUDIT COLLECTIONS, IT IS UP
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4%. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THE AUDIT COLLECTIONS EBBS AND FLOWS. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR IT'S KIND OF HURT US. BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER FIVE, SIX YEAR PERIOD, IT USUALLY EVENS ITSELF OUT. SO BIG PICTURE THOUGH RETAIL TRADE LOOKS GREAT 6% AND A COMBINATION OF FOOD SERVICES IS ALMOST AT 10%. AND SAYING THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. CHANCE, CAN YOU REMIND EVERYONE WHAT WE WHAT WE BUDGET FOR AN INCREASE ANNUAL.SO WE I MEAN, BACK WE'RE GOING BACK ALL THE WAY TO. LAST YEAR WE DID A 3.5% INCREASE. AND I THINK WE DID THE SAME THING THIS YEAR GOING INTO 27. NOW, WHEN WE GOT TO THE BUDGET SEASON LAST MONTH, WE DID INCREASE OUR YEAR TO DATE FOR THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 26, TO A LITTLE OVER 5%, BASED ON THE TRENDS OF HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING SO FAR, WHICH AFFECTED THE NUMBERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET SLIGHTLY. SO WE ALWAYS BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY.
AND THEN WHEN WE SEE MCKINNEY AS WE HAVE THIS PAST YEAR, WE WILL ADJUST IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO VERY GOOD. BUT ON THAT TOPIC, I MEAN, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE BUDGET, WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO SPEND IS THE ACTUAL COLLECTION. SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE END UP COLLECTING MORE, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T BUDGET LINE ITEMS FOR IT, WE WILL HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE EITHER IN FUND BALANCE TO CORRECT. IT WILL JUST TAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS. BUT YEAH, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT WE CONSERVATIVELY BUDGET. CORRECT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU. GO TO BOARD LIAISON REPORTS. I'LL START. THIS WAS A BUSY MONTH FOR CDC AT MCKINNEY OKTOBERFEST. CHEERS TO CHARITY MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION PURSES WITH THE PURPOSE. BY THE WAY, THAT EVENT RAISED OVER $1.2 MILLION. THAT WAS A NEW RECORD BY A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB STEAM CENTER OPENING THE VENUE HARD HAT TOUR FOR THOSE WHO. I THINK EVERYONE HERE WAS ON THAT TOUR.
WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE FACILITY, VERY EXCITING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RECEPTION. WE HAD AN OUTGOING MC, DC BOARD CELEBRATION FOR ANGELA RICHARDSON WOODS AND JOY BOOTH, WHO SERVED THIS BOARD EXTREMELY WELL AND DILIGENTLY. HABITAT HOME BLESSING FOR THE LEWIS FAMILY. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BEYOND THE SUMMIT EVENT, THERE WAS THE NT COMMISSION ON TRANSPORTATION, GRACE TO CHANGE, FIESTA MCKINNEY ASIAN FESTIVAL, MAIN GATE GALA AT THE GATE AND THE BEST OF MCKINNEY CHAMBER LUNCHEON. SO A LOT OF EVENTS, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING THAT MCDC HAS BEEN A PART OF OVER THE PAST MONTH. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, THE ESTEEMED CITY MANAGER, PAUL GRIMES. MR. CHAIRMAN, LET'S NOT MAKE IT PERSONAL SO EARLY IN THE MORNING. GOOD MORNING, SIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. PRESIDENT, MY NAME IS PAUL GRIMES. A FEW ITEMS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS MORNING. YOU MENTIONED THE ASIAN FOOD FESTIVAL. I TOOK SOME PHOTOS THE FRIDAY EVENING AND THE BACKDROP WAS THE WHERE THE SILOS AND THE PEOPLE, OF COURSE, ON THE PLAZA. AND IT WAS REALLY SPECTACULAR. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS PLAZA WAS DESIGNED FOR, WAS TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT ALTERNATIVE OR OTHER TYPES OF EVENTS THAT MAYBE OUR FOLKS DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A LITTLE, THEY GET A LITTLE WORN OR A LITTLE BELEAGUERED HAVING ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA SO WE CAN MOVE SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS OVER HERE. AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS WAS DESIGNED TO DO IS TO GATHER TO, TO HAVE PEOPLE CONNECT FOR THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. AND IT REALLY WAS A BEAUTIFUL SCENE WHEN THE WHEN THE CITY HALL IS LIT UP WITH THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO IT WAS VERY NICE. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE. THE NORTH TEXAS. WE HAD A NORTH TEXAS CONNECTS MEETING THAT IS A NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION ORGANIZED EVENT, COLLABORATED WITH THE CITY AT THE FBO TERMINAL AT MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. WE HOSTED THIS ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT FROM, AGAIN, MOSTLY NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION MEMBERS OF. WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION. WE HAD FOUR MEMBERS OF THE U.S.
FEDERAL DELEGATION, INCLUDING THE MAJORITY WHIP OF THE US HOUSE. TOM EMMER WAS HERE, AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOWCASE NOT ONLY MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT, BUT THE. OF COURSE, THEY HAD TOURS OF THE PASSENGER SERVICE TERMINAL AS WELL. SO GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE THE FUTURE VERY NEAR. NEARLY APPROACHING MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT PASSENGER TERMINAL. WE ALSO HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP ON OCTOBER 29TH. IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY THE WATER DISTRICT, NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. WE ARE A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE WATER DISTRICT. THIS IS OUR WHOLESALER, OUR SOURCE OF WATER. THEY ARE HAVING A WATER MATTERS CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 29TH. AND IT'S ACTUALLY AT THE ATRIUM IN GARLAND. THE GOAL OF THE SUMMIT IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER TO THE FUTURE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF OUR REGION. SO WHILE WE JUST OPENED A RESERVOIR LAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE'RE ALREADY SEARCHING FOR NEW WATER AS THIS REGION CONTINUES TO GROW AND SUBJECT OF THAT
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CONVERSATION, AMONG OTHERS, ON OCTOBER 29TH WILL INCLUDE FUTURE SOURCES OF WATER. LET'S SEE. SO IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE AN ENGAGED MCKINNEY WEBSITE OR FEATURE, AND WE HAVE A FEW THINGS COMING UP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE TENNESSEE LAMAR AND HUNT STREETS PROJECT THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON OCTOBER 19TH, BUT WE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO GET GATHER INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR ENGAGE MCKINNEY WEBSITE. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN STREETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION, STREET RECONSTRUCTION. THAT'S ALL IN ADVANCE OF REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD CITY HALL AND THE OLD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING IN THAT VICINITY. PLEASE POINT THEM TO THE ENGAGE MCKINNEY FEATURE OF OUR WEBSITE. WE ALSO HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING ON OCTOBER 28TH, 6 P.M. AT DOWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS FOR THE GLEN OAKS AND RIDGE INTERSECTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE STUDYING THE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN US DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD IS A ROUNDABOUT AT THAT LOCATION THAT IS A MULTI LANE, FOUR WAY STOP. THAT'S KIND OF A NO NO IN TRANSPORTATION DESIGN. MULTI LANE FOUR WAY STOPS NEVER WORK VERY WELL WHEN THE VOLUMES INCREASE. AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE VOLUMES CONTINUE TO INCREASE, PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTH SOUTH RIDGE ROAD SEGMENT AS GROWTH TO THE NORTH OCCURS. AND WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A BETTER WAY TO MANAGE THAT TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. SO IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE A STOPLIGHT OR ROUNDABOUT. AND WE ARE PRESENTING. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A ROUNDABOUT DESIGN, BUT WE HAVE THIS MEETING ON OCTOBER 28TH TO GATHER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CELEBRATED RECENTLY A MILESTONE OF 100 NEIGHBORHOOD HEROES. THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING OR VOLUNTEERED ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. THEY HAVE AN AED AT THEIR HOMES OR IN THEIR THEIR POSSESSION. THAT IS USED TO BASICALLY BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR OUR AED PROGRAM. FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE A CARDIAC EVENT, WE'VE GOT 100 FOLKS AROUND THE COMMUNITY. OUR GOAL IS TO GET SEVERAL HUNDRED, BUT WE HIT THE 100 MILESTONE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME IN AND PRESENTED THAT. AND THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ONLY IS IT ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT ALSO INCREASES THE PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT OF A CARDIAC EVENT FOR FOLKS. JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE HAD A PRETTY BUSY COUNCIL MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY, AND WE HAD A COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE ADOPTED. NUMBER ONE, OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AT THE STATE LEVEL WERE ADOPTED AT THIS LAST SESSION. ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, NIMRA ZUBAIR PRESENTED OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. SHE'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH TREVOR MINYARD ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. AND SO WE ARE. THE INTENT OF THAT IS TO BASICALLY TUCK THAT UNDER OUR ARMS THAT ARE UNIFIED LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. IT'S ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE SHARE THAT WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, AND WE TAKE IT WITH US WHENEVER WE GO DOWN TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN AUSTIN. THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT SORT OF SERVES AS OUR GUIDEPOST. WE ALSO, GRANTED, MADE OUR ARTS GRANTS $175,000, I BELIEVE IT IS, FOR VARIOUS ARTS GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION CAN ENLARGE THE FONT ON PRINT, ON PAPER, PRINT. SO WE ALSO HAVE AN AGREEMENT FOR OUR AIRPORT VENDING MACHINES. SO WE ARE ABOUT READY TO GO WITH OUR PASSENGER SERVICE. THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THE VENDING MACHINES THAT FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE AT THE AIRPORT, SEVERAL OF THEM IN THE SECURITY AREA AND IN THE NON SECURITY AREA.
BUT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. AMY KINCAID IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF VERY EXCITING PARKS PROJECTS. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO I WANTED TO THANK YOUR STAFF, BRAG ON YOUR STAFF. WE HAD YOUR ENGINEERING TEAM, GARY GRAHAM AND HIS TEAM, TORI BROWN, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING, AND TAMMY AND HER TEAM WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COME OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SO IN COMMENTING WITH YOUR ENGAGED MCKINNEY, THEY CAME OUT AND ENGAGED WITH OVER 20 RESIDENTS, ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC TO HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT. ALSO, ON THE CLEANUP THAT WE MENTIONED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PARKS. SO AMY AND ERICA, WHO SUPPORTED US IN THAT EFFORT, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND CODE SERVICES. SO IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. THE CAMARADERIE, THE COLLABORATION. WE'RE VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO YOUR PHENOMENAL STAFF. THANKS FOR SHARING THAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WHAT'S THE LATEST WITH THE WATER TOWER? WE'RE GETTING THE LIGHTS ON. I ASKED THAT QUESTION LAST WEEK AT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TEAM. SO THEY ARE DOWN THERE. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE FENCE THAT'S
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GOING TO BE INSTALLED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MASONRY AND WROUGHT IRON FENCE AT THE BASE OF THE WATER. THE LIGHTS ARE INSTALLED. THEY ENCORE ELECTRIC HAS TO ENERGIZE IT, SO TO SPEAK.THE IT WON'T BE UP FOR HALLOWEEN, I DON'T BELIEVE. BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING, CERTAINLY BY HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. IT'LL BE DONE AND LIT UP AND READY TO GO. IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO TURN ON THE SWITCH. I GOT A COUPLE OF GUYS I KNOW. WE'LL GO. THANK YOU. IT'S LOOKING FANTASTIC. YEAH IT IS. WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE CELL TOWER, THE CELL ANTENNAS AND WHATNOT THAT WERE ON THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE PUT BACK ON. ARE THEY GOING BACK ON? I DON'T THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY UP THERE RIGHT NOW. NO THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT NOW IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S IT. I THINK THE LAST PROVIDER HAD AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION, BUT I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT I COULD BE WRONG. OKAY. YEAH. IT LOOKS GREAT AS IT IS. DOES SO AWESOME. PAUL. NOT SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT'S IN THESE VENDING MACHINES AT THE AIRPORT? WELL, I MEAN, TYPICAL AIRPORT STUFF. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FOOD AND SODAS AND DRINKS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. OKAY, SO IF YOU WERE ON THE FLIGHT ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT 910 IN THE MORNING, YOU WOULD KNOW ON NOVEMBER 11TH YOU WOULD KNOW, ARE YOU GOING TO BE THERE? WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WHY ARE YOU GIVING ME? WE HADN'T GOTTEN THERE YET. FLIGHTS BOOKED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU GEORGE. I APOLOGIZE, CHAIRMAN. SO, MISS MILLER, FOR THE LA LOMA CLEANUP. I FORGOT TO MENTION HER EFFORTS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FOR THE GROUP THAT DAY AND HOW THEY CAN DO ANCILLARY DWELLING UNITS IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SAY THAT EARLIER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS VISIT MCKINNEY. BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE. BUT THE REPORT IS ATTACHED IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW IT. MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THEY ARE NOT HERE EITHER, BUT THEIR REPORT IS ATTACHED. MCKINNEY MAIN
[26-1043 Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]
STREET IMPACT. ANDREW, LOOK AT YOU. YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD TODAY WITH NO ONE BEFORE YOU SHOWING UP HERE. YEAH. WHERE IS IT? IT'S NICE TO BE LOVED. YOU JUST YOU GET AN A PLUS JUST FOR SHOWING UP. YEAH, I ALWAYS I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING. I WOULDN'T TURN AROUND. I'D. I'D LEAVE. WHAT YOU GOT THERE AND WE'LL BE GOOD. GOOD MORNING, CDC BOARD CHAIR FULLER. ANDREW JONES CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR. SO FIRST, SHOUT OUT TO AWESOME STAFF, THE TEAM, LOTS OF CITY DEPARTMENTS. OKTOBERFEST IS A BIG LIFT. SOME OF MY STAFF PUT IN OVER 100 HOURS THAT WEEK, WHICH IS CRAZY. BUT DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES WITH THE IMPACT RENOVATION, WHICH LED TO A LOT OF ADDITIONAL COSTS, WE WERE SPREAD OUT IN THREE SITES. WE HAD A RECORD ATTENDANCE FOR OKTOBERFEST, HAD VERY WARM WEATHER, BUT WE'RE GETTING USED TO THAT, I THINK IN LATE SEPTEMBER. BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR ATTENDANCE. WE JUST LAUNCHED A BRAND NEW WEBSITE, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, VERY PROUD OF THIS. WE INCORPORATED OUR ANYTHING BUT SQUARE CAMPAIGN MESSAGE AND BRANDING INTO THIS. CHECK IT OUT. IT'S DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY.COM. WE ALSO LAUNCHED THAT FOUR DAYS BEFORE OKTOBERFEST, WHICH IS NOT THE IDEAL TIME, BUT IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. IT IS A NEW GENERATION OF WEBSITE BUILT WITH AI IN IN MIND. BASICALLY, YOU HAVE ALL THESE BOTS THAT ARE CRAWLING, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE IT REALLY FRIENDLY FOR THESE AI AGENTS TO, TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE ON THE WEBSITE. WE EVERY YEAR WE APPLY FOR A FEW AWARDS. THIS YEAR, WE HAD A GREAT SHOWING FOR THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION. SO WE ARE FINALISTS IN FOUR CATEGORIES. UNION BEAR IS A FINALIST FOR BEST COMMERCIAL INTERIOR IN THE STATE. THESE ARE STATE AWARDS, MCKINNEY CITY HALL AND THE CITY HALL PLAZA GOT BEST NEW CONSTRUCTION AS A FINALIST. CHESTNUT SQUARE AND THE FARMERS MARKET AS FINALISTS FOR BEST DOWNTOWN PARTNER. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TUBBS BREWERY WAS A FINALIST IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ONE FOR BEST ECONOMIC GAME CHANGER AND ALSO BEST REHAB. SO WE'LL KNOW THE THE FINAL AWARDS. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET COME HOME WITH A FEW AWARDS, BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN EARLY NOVEMBER. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN UPDATE ON THE ARTS COMMISSION. WE HAVE TWO MURAL INSTALLATIONS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AT THE AIRPORT. IF YOU'VE SEEN THOSE, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. ONE BY ALEC DEJESUS IN THE BAGGAGE CLAIM, THE OTHER BY MILA SKETCH. AND THAT HAS REALLY HER NAME, WHICH IS APT FOR A MURALIST ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT. AND THEN A FEW UPCOMING EVENTS. WE HAVE OCTOBER 24TH, OUR COFFEE CRAWL.OCTOBER 31ST, THE BOOZE AND BREWS HALLOWEEN BEER WALK. NOVEMBER 11TH IS WHEN OUR CHRISTMAS TREE ARRIVES IN DOWNTOWN, WHICH EVERYONE ENJOYS. AND THEN NOVEMBER 27TH THROUGH
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29TH IS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANDREW HAD A QUESTION ABOUT OKTOBERFEST. CAPACITY WISE WHEN WE WHEN DID WE REACH CAPACITY AS FAR AS. SO THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 79,000 PEOPLE AND WE SAW A PROBABLY A 2% INCREASE ON THAT.SO WENT UP TO 79.8 I. WE'RE KIND OF OUR CAPACITY DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IS KIND OF APPROACHING CAPACITY. REALLY. OUR GROWTH AREAS ARE, YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN THE DAY. AND THEN SUNDAY, SUNDAY HAS A LOT OF CAPACITY. IT'S A BIT. OKAY, HOW DO YOU DRAW PEOPLE INTO THOSE DIFFERENT TIMES? IT'S DIFFICULT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NATURALLY WANT TO CELEBRATE DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS. ACTUALLY, OUR TEAM, WE HAD A WHOLE STRATEGY SESSION DURING OUR AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND WE HAVE SOME FUN THINGS. NEXT YEAR IS OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY FOR OKTOBERFEST. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME KIND OF REALLY FUN INCENTIVES TO GET PEOPLE OUT ON SUNDAY. AND THEN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE DAY. THANKS FOR BEER. YEAH. COURTHOUSE THEATERS LOOKING FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION. GOOD MORNING, AMY CHAIR. GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WELCOME TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. IT HAS BEEN A BUSY MONTH, VERY INCREDIBLE MONTH. WE'VE HAD SOME EXCITING THINGS MOVING. SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD. TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL THAT JUST HAPPENED SATURDAY. I IT WAS MOVED TO BONNIE WINK. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OUT THERE TO SEE THE NEW DECORATIONS THAT WE PUT UP, PLEASE DO. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. IT HAS BEEN BLOWING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND A LOT OF FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THAT. THIS YEAR WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
WE RAN SOME NUMBERS AND WE WERE RIGHT OVER 5800 PEOPLE. THAT IS A THREE HOUR EVENT. SO YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. SO LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE EVENT SO PEOPLE DON'T FEEL PRESSURED TO GO THROUGH THE LINES IN THREE HOURS. SO IT JUST CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND GROWING. AND JUST ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT COMING UP, WE HAVE PUMPKIN DUNK AT APEX THIS SATURDAY. THAT IS BEEN A GROWING FUN EVENT. SO SIGN UP IF YOU HAVE LITTLE ONES. WE ALSO HAVE SPOOKTACULAR AT OLD SETTLERS REC CENTER, WHICH IS A SENSORY FRIENDLY EVENT, AND THAT BEGINS AT 7:00, AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THAT ONLINE UPCOMING. WE HAVE EPICON, WHICH IS OUR TWO DAY PROFESSIONAL GROWTH THAT STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO WITH MR. KOWSKI. AND JUST APPRECIATE THE CITY LEADERSHIP FOR SUPPORTING US AND LETTING US CLOSE OUR FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE GROWING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEAM. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE VETERANS DAY COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 7TH AT RT FOSTER VETERANS PARK THAT BEGINS AT 11 A.M. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT, SO WE'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU ALL THERE. AS MR. GRIMES MENTIONED, WE HAD A BUSY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE KICKED OFF AT WORK SESSION TALKING ABOUT A NEW MEMBERSHIP RATE, ONE RATE FOR ALL THREE FACILITIES, NOT INCLUDING APEX. THAT WOULD BE FOR SENIOR CENTER, OLD SETTLERS REC CENTER AND REC CENTER TOWN LAKE, BUT ALSO KEEPING THE OPTION FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. SO WE GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK. SO WE'LL BE TAKING THAT BACK FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NOVEMBER 3RD COUNCIL MEETING. ALSO, WALLY PARK, I LOOK AT MISS BRADFORD BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR HER, BUT THIS WAS MASTER PLANNED EIGHT YEARS AGO. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS TO GET HERE, BUT VERY EXCITING TO FINALLY GET APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THAT. SO WE SHOULD SEE THAT MOVEMENT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH. SO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. LASTLY, THE MOU WAS PASSED FOR THE 300 ACRES. THAT'S THE REGIONAL SPORTS PARK. I'M APPRECIATE, MR. FULLER. I KNOW THAT YOU HELPED AND CINDY, BUT IT WAS A GREAT. WE WERE ABLE TO HOST THEM FOR A FEW DAYS THIS WEEK, BUT THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE AN EPIC SPORTS PARK UP IN THE NORTH SECTOR NORTH OF BLOOMDALE AND JUST SOUTH OF BLOOMDALE. SO WE ARE GOING TO START KICKING OFF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, BUT WE'VE COME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK AND IT JUST EXCITED TO WORK WITH
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MCDC ON THIS PROJECT. LET'S SEE. WE ALSO ARE UNDER DESIGN FOR THE NORTH RECREATION CENTER. A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT UP IN THE NORTH. THIS IS JUST NORTH OF THE SPORTS PARK, BUT THIS IS MOVING ON. WE WILL HAVE A DESIGN TO TAKE TO THE ISD, WHICH IS PART OF THE AGREEMENT IN AUGUST OF 2027, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST OF 2030, IF NOT BEFORE. SO VERY EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING UP THERE. LAST, BUT ALSO AN ADDITION TO THE NORTH RECREATION CENTER. WE DO HAVE A INPUT MEETING THAT WAS JUST WE'RE WORKING WITH MARKETING TO PUSH THAT OUT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 18TH HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. SO MORE INFORMATION TO COME, BUT MAKE SURE TO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST WANT TO I KNOW MISS THOMAS IS UP HERE, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO MOBILIZE TODAY ON THE BOB AND BARBARA THOMAS DOG PARK AND PLAY ZONE TODAY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ON TRYING TO GET THAT MOVING. AND TODAY WE'RE STARTING TO MOBILIZE. SO YOU'LL START SEEING DIRT MOVE UP THERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PRESIDENTS REPORT. THANK YOU,[26-1044 President’s Report]
MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WELCOME TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND CONGRATS TO THE SLATE OF OFFICERS ELECTED TODAY. AS A FOLLOW UP TO AMY'S REPORT. JUST WANT TO THANK AMY AND HER TEAM FOR NOMINATING MC DC FOR THE ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY. MC DC WAS SELECTED TO WIN THAT, AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER. SO WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THAT.FARMERS MARKET WAS VOTED NUMBER ONE FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT. LAST WEEK, THE MCKINNEY FRONT PORCH TEAM AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM SUPPORTED MCKINNEY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN BEYOND THE SUMMIT EVENT, YOU RECALL IN APRIL, WE HAD AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUMMIT. THIS WAS A FOLLOW UP FOR PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THAT EVENT TO FURTHER THE CONVERSATIONS AND CONTINUE TO WORK TO CREATE RELATIONSHIPS, LOOKING AT SEEING SOME PROJECTS COME OUT OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THE SUMMIT IN 2027 WILL BE MONDAY, APRIL 16TH. SO WE'RE GIVING YOU LOTS OF ADVANCE NOTICE FOR THE COMING YEAR. LONE STAR CIRCUS, WHICH HAS BEEN ON KENTUCKY STREET FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, IS MOVING TO TUFTS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCES THIS FALL BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT RENOVATIONS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONGER EVENT. THEY'RE GOING TO SET UP IN NOVEMBER, AND WE'LL BE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING PERMITS AND MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TENT. AND ALSO THERE'LL BE, I THINK, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY PERFORMANCES DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. AND LET'S SEE. ON THE MARKETING FRONT, JUST WANT TO COMMEND LINDA AND ANI ON THEIR WORK IN THAT AREA. WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEE OUR FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK GROW. OUR TOP PERFORMING POSTS FOR THE PAST MONTH WERE FOR MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE ASIAN FOOD AND ART FESTIVAL OKTOBERFEST, AND THEN A GENERAL POST ABOUT FALL EVENTS. BUT ONE OF THE CONSISTENTLY HIGH PERFORMING POSTS HAS TO DO WITH THE RECAP OF MCDC BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH WE JUST STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S A GREAT VEHICLE FOR SHARING INFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OF THIS ORGANIZATION. WE WILL BE SENDING OUT LATER THIS WEEK OR THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK, AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE AWARDS, CDC AWARDS, TWO ONE TO AN INDIVIDUAL, ONE TO AN ORGANIZATION. SO LOOK FOR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND BE THINKING ABOUT NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR. THEY'LL BE PRESENTED AGAIN AT THE CHAMBER EVENT IN FEBRUARY.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE TWO TWO BIRTHDAYS TO CELEBRATE. THAT WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE HAVE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. ARNIE'S BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 4TH AND OUR CHAIRMAN'S BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP NOVEMBER 7TH. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THE SAME AGE. YES! AWESOME. WE'RE ALSO TURNING 25. YES, YES. YOU'RE 80. THANK YOU. HAPPY
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BIRTHDAY TO YOU BOTH. THERE'S CAKE TO ENJOY AFTER THE MEETING. MALI'S AGE NOW, PLEASE. I'M NOT THAT OLD. PLEASE. OH, THAT'S GOING TO HURT. AND WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CINDY? I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. WHERE ARE YOU TAKING US FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? I'M IGNORING MY BIRTHDAY. IT STILL HAPPENS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE[26-1045 Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request from Habitat for Humanity of Collin County to Extend the Term of the Loan Agreement Executed with McKinney Community Development Corporation for Project 4B25-15 to January 31, 2027.]
GOING TO MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 261045. CONSIDER AN ACT ON A REQUEST FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT EXECUTED WITH MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR PROJECT 4B25-15 TO JANUARY 31ST, 2027. I KNOW THAT STEPHANIE IS HERE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW AS TO THE REQUEST FOR THE EXTENSION. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE'VE MADE REALLY WONDERFUL AND MEANINGFUL PROGRESS ACROSS ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PROPOSED AS A PART OF THIS GRANT, INCLUDING THE GARCIA STREET CONSTRUCTION THAT WE EXPECT TO CONCLUDE THIS MONTH.SO WE'RE JUST REQUESTING SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO WRAP UP THAT PROJECT. YEAH. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU FOR WAITING, DAVID. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MARCUS, CAN YOU PUSH? OH, I GOT TO PUSH BUTTONS. CAST YOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT.
THAT COMPLETES OUR REGULAR MEETING AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY BOARD COMMENTS? I'LL START JUST
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BY SAYING WELCOME TO BARBARA AND BILL, OUR ALTERNATE MARCUS, FOR MAKING THE JUMP UP HERE FROM THEIR. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU ALL. AND AGAIN, WANT TO STATE JOY AND ANGELA, WHO LEFT THE BOARD, DID SUCH AN SUCH A GREAT JOB. AND THEY, OF COURSE, REMAIN ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. WE SO APPRECIATE ALL THEIR SERVICE ALL THE YEARS. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, AJ? NOTHING. DON'T FEEL COMPELLED. BLESSED ARE THE SHORT WINDED FOR THEY WILL BE ASKED TO SPEAK AGAIN. I GOT SOMETHING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT. DON'T.WE DON'T HAVE EXACT. NO. I'M SORRY. WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. THE. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE ONE ITEM, BUT I WON'T I'LL REFRAIN. I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE DOING GOOD TODAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE ARE NOT HAVING EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. IS THERE A SECOND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.
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