Sep 22, 2020 City Council Special Meeting on 2020-09-22 3:00 PM

[CALL TO ORDER]

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THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF 2 22, NORTH TENNESSEE ST. THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (For Non-Public Hearing Agenda Items)]

MY NAME'S JOSH FROM MURRAY. IT'S 176 TO LAKE ROAD. LABAN TEXAS, ONE. COMING I WANTTO SPEAK FIRST ON THE JUST THE AMENDMENT OF THAT HAWK BOARD. I'VE JUST GIVEN THE TIME OF THE MEETING AND STUFF. I MEAN, I NORMALLY ONLY OTHER TOPIC I SPOKE ON. BUT DURING THE TIME ME AND I HOPE THAT I COULD EXPRESS US SOME THOUGHTS AND SOME OPINIONS IN REGARDS TO WHATEVER AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING UPDATED UM, I HOPE THAT WITH THE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE THAT. IT WAS, IN ALL ACTUALITY INCREASED THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. UM AND RECOMMEND, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH NORMAL PRESENTATION.

SUPPORTING THE REMOVAL IN THE RELOCATION OF THE STATUE. THE REASON THAT I TELL YOU THIS IS BECAUSE YOU ASK ME. I KNOW I DO LIVE IN LABAN AND SO TYPICALLY COME LIKE 3 80 WHENEVER ROME COMING INTO MCKENNEY TEND THE MEETINGS. IN THE WAY THAT IT'S ALWAYS TAKEN ME IS DOWN AND I TURNED ON THROCKMORTON STREET IN ORDER TO COME THIS WAY. UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE MORNING PRIOR TIO. LIKE ATTENDING YELLS MEETINGS. NEVER HAD ANY MEANING TO ME. THE NAME DID AND NEVER MEANT ANYTHING TO YOU. BUT AS I'VE ATTENDED THE MEETINGS, AND AS I'VE HEARD SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME MEMBERS OF THE PRIDE COMMUNITY AND ALSO BELIEVE PEOPLE REFER TO HIM AS LEGACY FAMILIES, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THESE COMMUNITIES FOR. GENERATIONS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE AH YOU KNOW, JUST THEY'VE THEY'VE. BEEN AFFECTED BY THE STATUE AND THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIMES, AND MAY BE AT TIMES THEY FELT TO A 10 CERTAIN AREAS AND NOT WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN OR ARE NOT FILA'S IF THEY ARE WELCOMED IN CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF A STATUE BECAUSE OF THE NAME AND SO. UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE THAT WHATEVER AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE, UH, LIKE I SAID, OUR AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TOWARDS, UH, THE COMMITTEE COMING UP HERE AND PROVIDING. PRESENTATION SEYMOUR SUPPORTING THE REMOVAL ON REALLY RELOCATION OF THE STATUE. UM, I ALSO JUST ASKED THAT. THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND HISTORY AND KEEPING IT ALIVE AND ALL THAT, BUT LIKE FOR ME AND FOR PROBABLY MOST OF YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASSUME. NO, LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS, YOU KNOW ON DSO. I WOULD JUST THINK THAT WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE REALLY AFFECTED BY THINGS, AND IT'S AFFECTED THEM TO THE COURT, WHERE THEIR LAST DYING WISH IN WHICH THEY ASK PRIOR TO NO PASSING AWAY AND THEY PASS IT ON TO. THEIR DAUGHTER TO COME UP AND TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW, THES ONE THESE TO THESE THREE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. ANY SUBSTANCE FROM A SINGLE PERSON TO ME THAT TIPS MY SKILL AND MAKES ME MORALLY FILA'S IF THE PAIN. IN WHICH THESE PEOPLE EXPRESS NOTHING THAT I OR ANYONE I'VE HURT SAYS BRINGS MORE TO THAT TO ME. YOU KNOW? WASN'T ABLE TO WRITE MY SECOND PORTION. AND SO I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT JUST OFF THE CUFF HERE. JUST SPEAK. UM, THE SECOND NAME THAT I WANTED TO JUST ADDRESS WAS, UM, THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IT'S ITEM B. DEPENDING LITIGATION COUNSEL WELL, WHO'S THEREFORE. GET SIX CITY OF MCKINNEY, UM. ALL THAT I WANTED TO SAY IN REGARDS TO THIS IS THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE OUR COUNTRY WHAT IT IS, AND THERE'S TWO KEY ONES. UM AND WITHOUT THESE TWO KEY ONES. TRUTH BE TOLD. YOU CAN HAVE A DEMOCRACY. YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T. DOESN'T WORK REALLY? UM, THOSE ARE DUE PROCESS. AND IS THE RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE TO ELECT PEOPLE.

WHENEVER PEOPLE DO BECOME. ELECTED THERE ALMOST LIKE BIRTH INTO A LIFE AND THAT LIFE IS HAS DEFINED BIRTHDATE AND ALSO A. FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS OF DEATH DATE IN WHICH YOU AS A ELECTED MEMBER, YOU AS AN APPOINTED MEMBER. YOU REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE

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[MEDC Strategic Planning Updates]

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SERIOUS AS TO WHY YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE ME. M. C D. C IS IN THERE ON THE TOP OF THAT GREEN THE VERY TOP OF THE GREEN. VERY OKAY. YEAH, I WOULD HAVE HAD A SERIOUS BLUNDER. THANKS. THANK YOU. SO AS WE AS WE LOOK FORWARD, IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT SOMETIMES TAKE A QUICK LOOK BACK. SO BRIEFLY, UM, WE SPENT THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS. WHILE WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING OUR PROJECTS AND TRYING TO RECRUIT ATTRACT COMPANIES AND EXPAND OUR COMPANIES. WE ALSO MADE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN OUR FUTURE. SO THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS READY FOR THE FUTURE. WE ALSO NEED TO RE IMAGE AND REBRAND EDIE. SEE WE WERE. WE WERE SUFFERING FROM THE LACK OF WHAT I WOULD CALL A BRAND EQUITY. IN A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT PLACES, SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME BUILDING OUR WEBSITE BUILDING. OUR BRANDING WORKING ON ARE MARKING MATERIALS AND COLLATERAL CHANGING THE FACE OF THE ORGANIZATION. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEEDED UP OUR GAME WITH RESPECT TO TOWN. SO HOW COULD WE BUILD BETTER STAFF COMPETENCIES ON OVERALL IMPROVED THE TOWN OF LABOR ORGANIZATION. AND THEN FINALLY, WITH THE SHARP FOCUS ON THE LAND ASSETS THAT WE STRATEGICALLY ACQUIRED THREE YEARS AGO. BE SURE THEY WERE FOCUSED ON THOSE ASSETS AND DRIVING DESTINATION TYPE DEVELOPMENTS TO THOSE IMPORTANT SITES. ARE WE DOING SO FAR? QUESTIONS? SO HOW'D WE DO? SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT AN OBJECTIVE OF HAVING A NEW IMAGE, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? WE WORKED VERY HARD ON OUR BRANDING AND MARKETING. SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE LINKED IN FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM ALL THAT ALL THAT STUFF. THE RESULT IS NOW THE MARKETPLACES VIEWING US. MUCH DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY DO THIS BEFORE. THEY'RE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE OFFER IN A MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL WAY. WITH RESPECT TO NEW INDUSTRIES COMING TO OUR CITY. WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR LENS ON PROJECTS. WE NEED TO REALLY UP OUR GAME ON THE KINDS OF PROJECTS WANTED TO PURSUE THE KINDS OF PROJECTS WE TRACKED AND, FRANKLY BE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM PROJECT DIDN'T JUST QUITE FIT. AS A RESULT, NOW YOU SEEM MUCH MORE CLASSIC CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY. AND HISS VERSUS I'M SORRY TO SAY HISTORY OF ATTRACTING SOME NICE BUT NOT NECESSARILY BIG IMPACT WILL KIND OF LOW AND INDUSTRIAL PROJECT WORK. WE'RE GONNA BE READY FOR THE FUTURE. WE HAD TO HAVE FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO BEING READY FOR THE INNOVATION ECONOMY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE IN ABLE TO SUPPORT PROJECTS AND COS OF THAT TIME COMING TO OUR CITY. AS A RESULT, NOW WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OUR REPUTATION AND OUR BRAND AS A CITY THAT'S READY TO EMBRACE AN INNOVATION ECONOMY WERE POSITION TO HELP THOSE COMPANIES IN THE FUTURE. FINALLY TAKING A LOOK AT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR THE FUTURE. WE HAD AGAIN UP OUR GAME AND START BEHAVING LIKE A LEADING PRACTICE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN IN THE PAST, WHEN WE WERE PRETTY MUCH VIEWED AS A FOLLOWER. SO THE RESULT OF THAT NOW IS OUR GROWTH POTENTIAL IS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND WERE ABLE TO ATTRACT LEADING COMPANIES AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LEADING COMPANIES ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE REPRESENT. SO LOOKING AHEAD. 2020 AND BEYOND. WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR POLICIES TOWARD OUR INVESTMENTS. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT POLICIES TO GUIDE OUR INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD. NOW. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT DESPITE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, PANDEMIC WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A REPUTATION NOW AS A GREAT PLACE TO LOOK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OFFICE DEVELOPMENT SECTORS ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT. MARKET INTEREST IN MCKINNEY IS GROWING, AND IT'S GETTING STRONGER ALL THE TIME. OUR PROJECT PIPELINE IS AT A HISTORIC HIGH. THE DEMAND FOR OUR INVESTMENTS IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON HER FINANCIAL RESOURCE. THIS IS KIND OF A GOOD NEWS. BAD NEWS KIND OF PROBLEM THEY HAVE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN A LOT OF PEOPLE. PLACING A DEMAND ON THE RESOURCE WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM. BUT THAT ALSO PUTS A LITTLE PRESSURE ON OUR FINANCES, BOTH FROM A CASH INTO BORROWING STANDPOINT, A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCE TO BE STRUCK THERE. OUR BALANCE SHEET IS STRONG. ALICE. SHE IS VERY STRONG, BUT IT'S HEAVILY WEIGHTED RIGHT NOW, IN THE LAND THAT WE OWN ABOUT $66 MILLION IN OUR ASSET COLUMN IS INVESTMENT PROPERTY LANDED THAT

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IN THE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE MAKING. UP 12% I'M SORRY, 12% SO FAR THIS YEAR. YEAH. YOU KNOW, RANDY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT I'M GLAD IT DID. COUNCIL IT'S GOT TO BE COUNSELED. SURE, OF COURSE. PETER, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME THAT BULLET HIMSELF? YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW IT TO BE FAIR. WE ARE HAPPY WITH THAT OUTCOME. HONESTLY UH, STAFF TO REPORT TO US SAYS WELL, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AND ARE SISTER CITIES OUR NEIGHBOR SEES OR NOT ENJOYING THAT KIND OF SUCCESS? THAT IS IT SUSTAINABLE. POSTCODE, BUT I'M SURE IT IS.

WELL WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY CHANCES ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE PRUDENT MARKET SERVICE IN THAT RESPECT. SO ALL THAT TO SAY, AS WE MOVE AHEAD IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY PRIORITIZE. OUR INVESTMENTS AND LOOK AT THOSE VERY SPECIFIC TARGETED INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS. SO AS WE CONSIDER. WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TARGET OUR INVESTMENTS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF THINGS IN HERE IN JUST A FEW BITS OF DATA THAT I FELT PRETTY TELLING. NUMBER ONE COLLIN COUNTY WORKFORCE IS EXPECTED TRIPLE OVER THE NEXT THREE DECADES. AARON MCKINNEY, BY THE END OF THIS DECADE, OUR WORKFORCE IS EXPECTED INCREASE BY MORE THAN 20. OF THOSE CURRENT WORK FORCE MEMBERS ABOUT 7500 MOHR IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS TECHNOLOGY WORKERS. THE INCOME LEVEL.

MCKINNEY'S MEDIAN INCOME IS STRONG. COLLIN COUNTY AVERAGE WAGE IS STRONG. OUR EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS ARE STRONG. BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND BACHELORS DEGREES. THOSE FIRST THREE ITEMS WERE REALLY POSITIVE, BUT I ALSO THINK THEY DRIVE THE FOURTH ITEM, WHICH IS THE COST OF LIVING IN OUR CITY. IF YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH GOOD JOBS GETTING PAID WELL, THEY'RE WELL EDUCATED. THAT'S GOING TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE PRICE OF HOUSING THE PROCESS LIVING IN YOUR COMMUNITY CAN'T HELP THAT SO AT 350, PLUS FOR THE MEDIA COSTS AND THE AVERAGE RENT FOR A 1000 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT BEING $1500 KENNY IS NOT A CHEAP PLACE TO LIVE.

COUPLE THINGS WE DON'T HAVE. OF COURSE, I'M NOT SHARING ANYTHING YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW IS WE DO NOT HAVE A ROBUST PUBLIC TRANSIT. SYSTEM YET. NOR DO WE HAVE A REAL ABUNDANCE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, POINT BACK TO THE REPORT THAT YOU ALL JUST RECEIVED. THE DEFICIT. WE HAVEN'T IN THAT RESPECTIVE AREAS ARE HOUSING STOCK. YOU ADD ALL THAT UP? YOU LOOK A VERY POSITIVE THINGS ARE RESIDENTS GENERALLY SPEAKING, OR HOLLY COMPENSATED, VERY WELL EDUCATED. THIS IS A REALLY POSITIVE FOR US IN THE MARKETPLACE AND GO TO RECRUIT COMPANIES WHO WANT THIS KIND OF WORK FORCE AND WANT THIS KIND OF QUALITY OF LIFE LIFESTYLE. BUT OUR COST OF LIVING REQUIRES A HIGHER AVERAGE WAGE. YOU HAVE TO GET PEOPLE TO COME AND LIVE IN MCKINNEY'S GENERALLY TAKES MORE THAN $50,000 A YEAR ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND AS YOU SEE FROM A AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME, IT'S NORTH OF SIX FIGURES. GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT. SITUATION WE HAVE WITH WORKFORCE HOUSING. IT REALLY IS UNSUSTAINABLE FOR US WAS IN E. D SEE, ACTIVELY RECRUIT COMPANIES THAT DON'T PAY WAGES GREATER THAN 50 SOME $1000 A YEAR. WHAT WE END UP DOING IS REALLY EXACERBATING A CURRENT CHAMPION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T. THAT DOESN'T MEAN MCKINNEY DOESN'T NEED AND OR WHAT THOSE JOBS THEY WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO US. WE DON'T NEED TO GO ON ACTIVELY INCENTIVIZE THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEMANDS ON OUR CAPITAL, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AND INCREASED EXPECTATION ON THE RETURN OF OUR BEST. LET'S LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD. WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING AN ECOSYSTEM OF DEVELOPMENT.

LEVERAGING OUR RESOURCE IS. TO ESTABLISH MCKINNY AS A DEVELOPMENT DESTINATION.

BASICALLY IT REVOLVES AROUND FIVE PRINCIPAL CATEGORIES. WE WILL BE USING OUR RESOURCE, OBVIOUSLY IN THE BUSINESS ATTRACTION AREA RETENTION EXPANSION. SOME FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. WE'RE MAKES HIM SENSE. ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT. OUR INNOVATION

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HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS. CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS CLASS A OFFICE CONSTRUCTION. FINANCIAL SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMPANIES, OTHER LARGE CORPORATE BLOCK. USERS AS WELL. SOME REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

GONNA LOOK AT OUR OWN BACK YARD ART ARE STRATEGICALLY OWNED ASSETS AT SOUTHGATE, LAKE FOREST AND 1 21 STATES, HE WROTE IN 1 21. A SENSE OF DESTINATION. UNEMPLOYMENT CENTERS ON THE STRATEGIC SITES. THE TECHNOLOGIES CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. MCKINNEY'S GOT A GOOD BRAND REPUTATION WHEN IT COMES TO SORT OF THE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY OR OTHER GAMERS IN THE DEVELOPERS AND THAT SORT OF THING WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT. I CAN WORK WITH THOSE COMPANIES, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR INNOVATION FUND KICKS INTO. BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE EARLY STAGE COMPANIES. AND WE CAN CREATE THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO WORK TOGETHER. COCA. LET'S COLLABORATE WITH THERE WITH SOME OF THEIR PEERS. THAT'S A GREAT FOUNDATION THAT WE ENJOY. WITH RESPECT TO INDUSTRIAL. WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT NOT ONLY CREATE THE HIGHER PAYING WAYS, BUT ALONG WITH THAT COMES INNOVATION AND HIGHER LEVEL OF INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING. WE USE THE TERM ADVANCE RATHER GENEROUSLY, BUT. THINK ABOUT MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES. THINK ABOUT BIO ON LIFE SCIENCES COS.

A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES WE CAN POINT TO HERE IN MCKINNEY OR THE NEW VP. COMPANY WERE RECRUITED FROM CALIFORNIA PROSTHETICS FOR PETS. STAT LAB. EVEN DINA KRAFT PACKED DINA KRAFT. THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ARE WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL. NUTS AND BOLTS OF DAY TO DAY. GRIND IT OUT KIND OF KIND OF INDUSTRY. AND FINALLY MIXED USE THAT SENSE OF DESTINATION, THE SENSE OF PLACE. 1 21, A GREAT EXAMPLE. INCORPORATING EXPERIENTIAL ASPECTS INTO OUR DEVELOPMENTS. IN CREATING ACTIVITY CENTERS OF MORE REGIONAL REGIONAL NATURE.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD. HOW WE DOING? RECRUITMENT COUPLE PROJECTS. WE POINT TO BIG DATA CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, NOT A LOT OF JOBS WITH A LOT OF RENTABLE SQUARE FEET. DINA KRAFT DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS. THE NEWEST ANNOUNCEMENT OF RPM EX CONSTRUCTION HEADQUARTERS IN CRAIG RANCH AREA, BRINGING 170 PLUS JOBS, CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS JOBS TO THE AREA. THAT'S UM GREAT EXPANSION WINS. INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT RAYTHEON, OBVIOUSLY. GLOBE LIFE AND S. R S HEADQUARTERS GRAND OPENING FOR THAT BUILDING COMING UP IN A FEW WEEKS AND ALSO WE'RE VERY PROUD. OF OUR EXPANSION WITHOUT CORE WIRE. BUT IF YOU NOTICE ENCORE WIRED DOESN'T REALLY FIT. PRIORITIZATION GOING FORWARD. NOT VERY CAREFULLY. THINK HOW WE APPROACH ORGANIZATIONS OF HIGH QUALITY GREAT COS OBVIOUSLY. WHAT IF THEY'RE NOT GENERATING THE KIND OF. JOBS IN RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WE HAVE TO REALLY CAREFULLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO ACTIVELY RECRUIT AND INCENTIVIZE. THAT WORKFORCE OR DO WE RATHER ACCEPTED OPPORTUNISTICALLY AS IT FINDS ITS WAY TO US? THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATIONS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE YOU NEED TO MAKE GOING FORWARD. OUR INNOVATION FUND. JUST JUST FOR COMPANIES RECENTLY GOT INNOVATION FUND HAS BEEN FUNDED, BUT WE'RE NOW ENJOYING A NATIONAL REPUTATION, WHETHER INNOVATION FUND AND MOST RECENTLY AN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERIODICAL RECOGNIZED MCKINNEY'S PROJECT. THIS RESPECT THE PIPELINE IS BUILDING. IT'S AN EXCITING PROSPECT FOR US. THINK ABOUT THESE. EARLY STAGE COMPANIES THAT HAVE VENTURE CAPITAL PRIVATE EQUITY BACK THEY'VE GONE THROUGH INCUBATORS DONE SOME OF THE STRESS TESTING BY THIRD PARTIES. WE WANT TO GET UP KIDNEY BECAUSE THAT COULD BE OUR GROWTH ENGINE FOR THE FUTURE AND ALSO AGAIN, CREATING THAT DESTINATION FOR DEVELOPMENT ALSO CREATING THAT THAT COMMUNITY OF INNOVATION COMPANY IN OUR CITY. FINALLY TAKING A LOOK AT OUR DEVELOPMENT SITES. UM WE HAVE SOME RENEWED INTEREST. FROM PARTIES ON THE SOUTH GATE PROPERTY, WHICH IS EXCITING. AT LAKE FORCE IN 1 21. PROJECT AT PS IS ON THE HORIZON. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT 1 21, CRAIG RANCHETTES RECENTLY ANNOUNCED 200,000 SQUARE FOOT CLASS A OFFICE BUILDING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KAISER. FIRST

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WE RE PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE ENJOYING OVER THERE. SO THAT'S KIND OF A LOOK BACK AND THE LOOK FORWARD. NOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA KNOW IT'S YOU? YOU YOU YOU MENTIONED ON THE WIRE. KIND OF LOOK NOT NECESSARILY IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT, BUT I THINK HE WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS THAT THEY'RE ONE OF THE BEST COMPANIES. WE HAVE CHICKEN.

OH, NO DOUBT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS WHERE. WATCHING THAT YOU WEREN'T DIGGING AT THEM AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. NO, I APOLOGIZE. MR JONES, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, I'M SORRY IF YOU GOT THAT INTEREST, NO, THEY ARE THEIR CREAM OF THE CROP FAR IS JUST THE MOST WONDERFUL COS WE HAVE HERE IN MCKINNEY AND. AND KUDOS TO THEM THAT CONTINUE TO EXPAND. THEIR SUCCESS IS PHENOMENAL. UM, THEY'RE ONE OF OUR GREAT PARTNERS HERE TO BE SURE, WANTED ABSOLUTELY TO BE SURE, AND IT WAS MENTIONED THAT. TO FIND THAT BALANCE. SO IF WE HAVE A GREAT COMPANY AND THEIR LEADER IN THEIR INDUSTRY AND A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES OF PUBLIC HEADQUARTERS, I GET THAT. HOW DO WE FIND THE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN PARTNERING WITH GREAT COMPANIES LIKE THAT? BUT IF THE. JOB CREATION IS AT A LEVEL THAT KIND OF HARD FOR THOSE FOLKS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE SOME DISCIPLINE AND SOME HARD CHOICES GOING FORWARD, BUT YEAH, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH YOU. RANDI COULD NOT AGREE. GRANNY, I'M SORRY. YOU THERE. ANYONE ELSE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER. OH, YES, SIR. I THINK YOU MADE THE. I THINK YOU MAY BE THE GREAT POINT OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. IS THAT OUR OUR COST OF LIVING. WHAT'S NECESSARY IS A $50,000 MINIMUM.

SOME WAGE AND AT PRESIDENT POINT ENCORE DOESN'T MEET THAT $50,000. WAGE AND SO $15 AN HOUR. $31,000.30 DOLLARS SALARY DOESN'T MEET WHAT THE STRATEGIC GOAL IS OF THE EMMY DC, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. GREAT COMPANY DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN HERE. THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER FOR THE CITY. STRATEGICALLY. M A. D. C IS MOVING IN A. IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT OF THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH, AGAIN.

DIFFICULT PERHAPS SOME CHOICES TO MAKE AND FINDING WHAT I'LL CALL THAT EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN.

WHAT IT TAKES TO LIVE HERE. THE KIND OF COMPANY IS THAT WE NEED TO ATTRACT AND HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT AND CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH OUR LONG TIME. RESIDENT COMPANIES, TO BE SURE TO BE SURE NOT GOING TO BE EASY WORK. IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY WORK, BUT I THINK GOOD MAYOR, I THINK AND, UM. ACTUALLY THINK THEIR JOBS WERE OVER 50,000 AS THEY CLARIFIED FOR US COMING IN AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR TEA. JUST MAKE NOTE THAT WE TALK ABOUT 50,000. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSEHOLDS. AND SO. THOSE JOBS STILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE AND TWO INCOME FAMILIES REACHING THAT OBJECTIVE. JUST AS A SIDE NOTE. YEAH, TO BE SURE. I DON'T THINK THEY DID CLARIFY. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING THROUGH IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT I THINK THAT IS A GOOD POINT. TO NOTE BUT. YOU KNOW, GREAT PARTNER NONETHELESS. BUT YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE DIFFICULT. DECISIONS THAT A COUNCIL AND THAT THE CDC IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE HIM EAT. THE HARD PART IS WHEN YOU DO HAVE A PARTNER THAT HAS BEEN A PARTNER FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. 20 YEARS 20 PLUS YEARS 15 YEARS AND YOU BUILT A REPORT IN A RELATIONSHIP. YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU SAY NO. IN THAT PARTNER HAS BEEN A PARTNER FOR A LONG TIME WHEN THEY DO NOT MEET THE NEEDS IN THE CRITERIA OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SO WE GET IT. YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S FROM A STEP ON MR JONES'S TOES OR ANYBODY'S TOES, FOR THAT MATTER. BUT WHEN YOU SET YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME HARD NOSE THAT COME IN, AND THAT'S THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE HERE TO MAKE AND SO UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE. IT'S A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION. BUT. ONE THAT HAS TO BE HAD IF WE'RE MOVING, WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE TO. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO HOW WILL WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK? HOW WILL WE KNOW THIS IS WORKING? THIS IS WHERE PETER COMES IN TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA KEEP SCORE MEASURE OUR SUCCESS. CHAIRMAN. UH, DEPUTY COUNSEL COUNSEL, UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU CAN CAN. WHAT KIND OF ART TEACHER PLANNING? THE WHY, AND THE WHAT? AND I'M GOING TO GET TO THE HOW S O IN LOOKING AT OUR ANNUAL KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. YOU KNOW THE BASELINE METRICS THAT WE JUDGED THE. A RELATIVE SUCCESS OF OUR EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I'M JUST GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH, UH

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SO KIND OF WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR INNOVATION FUND HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR PROBABLY MOST SUCCESSFUL NEW PROGRAMS, THE DATE. WE ARE REALLY MAKING HEADWAY IN THAT INNOVATION ECONOMY BUILDING PROCESS WITH LOOKING AT EARLY STAGE START UP COMPANIES, NOT ONES THAT AIR KIND OF STILL IN THEIR PARENT'S GARAGE. BUT YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE SIRI'S INVESTMENT HAVE A MINIMUM, VILE PRODUCT, AND THEY'RE JUST IN THE SCALING PERSPECTIVE, AND THAT IS A VERY KEY INDUSTRY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BUILDING INNOVATION ECONOMY. TO ATTRACT.

OTHER TECH COMPANIES TO THE AREA. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU STOCK YOUR FISH FULL UPON.

YOU WANT HIM TO GROW, AND YOU WANT HIM TO BECOME THOSE BIG FISH OF THE FUTURE? THAT IS WHAT ON THE LARGE. PLAYING FIELD. THOSE LARGER TECH COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, IN AN ABSENCE OF SEVERAL LARGE TECH EMPLOYERS. STALKING OUR POND WITH THES INNOVATION FUND COMPANIES AND EARLY STAGE COMPANIES REALLY TAKES NOTICE AND SETS CHICKENING OUT AS A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS EARLY STAGE COMPANIES SUPPORTS INNOVATION. AND SUPPORTS TECHNOLOGY GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY. SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR OVERALL OVER A PLAN. AGAIN HOST A MINIMUM OF TWO FAMILIARIZATION TOWARDS ANNUALLY GOES FAM TOURS. UM THIS WILL LARGELY BE DEPENDENT UPON THOSE THE STATUS OF COVE IT AND HOW MUCH SOCIAL INTERACTION WE CAN HAVE. BUT WAIT. WE INTEND TO HEAVILY UTILIZE OUR SPONSORSHIP OF THE UPCOMING BYRON NELSON AS ONE OF THESE EVENTS TO HOST A RED CARPET TOUR TO REALLY MAKE IT A SIGNATURE EVENT. FOR BRINGING IN PROSPECTS AND BRINGING IN DEVELOPERS TO SHOWCASE MCKINNEY. UM AS A AS A WHOLE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY LET THEM ENJOY THEIR OFF GULF.

VIEWERSHIP IS WELL AND THEN PARTICIPATE A MINIMUM OF FIVE INDUSTRY TRADE SHOWS IN MICHIGAN MISSIONS THAT'S PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY. ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS TOO. FINDING LEADS AND DEVELOPING GOOD PROSPECTS FOR RECRUITMENT IS PARTICIPATION IN INDUSTRY AND TRADE SHOWS ON TRADE MISSIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WITH THE DELTA CHAMBER. DEPENDENT MISSIONS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER BASED ON SEEKING OUT COS WITHIN THIS TARGETED INDUSTRIES. AND, UM, WE'LL MAKE ONE LIKE CLARIFICATION TO THAT. AND THAT. YOU'LL NOTICE, IT SAYS INDUSTRY TRADE SHOWS INSTEAD OF JUST CONFERENCES IN GENERAL, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, YOU GET A MUCH BETTER R A Y. WHEN YOU'VE DETERMINED YOU'VE SEEN ARE TARGETED INDUSTRIES THAT WE'VE PRESENTED AS THE. PRIORITIES FOR RECRUITMENT, SO THERE ARE LARGER CONFERENCES OF REAL ESTATE CONFERENCE IS LIKE A CORNY GLOBAL YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ALL THESE ONES WHERE IT'S JUST A MASS OF REAL ESTATE BROKERS WHERE YOU'RE FIGHTING WITH MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS.

TIME ON THESE BROKERS SCHEDULE TO WHICH YOU KNOW THEY'RE JUST MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO BUY THE BEST DINNER. WE FOUND MUCH MORE SUCCESS GOING STRAIGHT TO INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT RECRUITING FINTECH, YOU KNOW, MONEY. 20 TWENTIES WITH LARGEST FINTECH. CONFERENCES ON THE PLANET THEY HAVE. IT'S A GLOBAL CONFERENCE THAT'S HELD IN THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE AND ASIA. IT IS. THAT'S WHERE THE COMPANIES GO TO PRESENT AND SO TO GET DIRECT ACCESS TO THOSE COMPANIES. I FOUND IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THAT IT'S BETTER TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE INDUSTRY RATHER THAN TO A BROKERAGE COMMUNITY. WORKERS COMMUNITY IS STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO US. THERE'S STILL A CRUCIAL PART OF OUR RECRUITMENT STRATEGY. BUT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY VISIT FIVE INDUSTRY TRADE SHOWS WITHIN THOSE TARGETED INDUSTRY SECTORS TO GET A BETTER DIRECT ACCESS TO COMPANIES THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY RECRUIT. IN THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF DOING ANYTHING IN MARKETING. SO WE AGAIN TOTO BEGINS POINT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE LAST TWO YEARS OF COMPLETELY USING A REBRAND BOTH WITH OUR CORPORATE LOGO ON A BRANDING LOGO. WE OPERATE UNDER THE BANNER OF KENNY.

THERE ARE NO LESS THAN ABOUT 22 IMMEDIATE SEES OUT THERE. THERE'S A MICHIGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPED, COUNSELED HIM AND LOOKING THAT THE OWN COUNSEL. ME, DC IS VERY VAGUE MONIKER FOR AN ORGANISATION WHILE IT WILL REMAIN OUR CORPORATE LOGO. WE'RE PRIMARILY BRANDING UNDER THE BRANDING LOGO, WHICH IS UNIQUE. MCKINNEY OUR WEBSITE .COM. SO WE'VE MADE LOTS OF STRIDES AND LOOKING AT HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES FROM ALL THE OTHER IMMEDIATE SEES OUT THERE BY CREATING OUR OWN BRAND FOR OURSELVES? SO. WE'RE LAUNCHING TARGETED MARKETING

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WITHIN THAT ALSO, UM SO WE WANT TO LAUNCH OUR LAUNCH FIVE TARGETED MARKETING CAMPAIGNS THAT THAT'S IN THE BROAD SENSE, AND THEN WE WANTTO LAUNCH AT LEAST ANOTHER FIVE. HEARTED INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER. SO WE DID A TEST NEWSLETTER THIS PAST YEAR INTO THE HEALTH TECH INDUSTRY WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. IT WAS IT GOT SOME GREAT RESPONSE, SO WE'RE GOING AGAIN.

LOOK AT THOSE TARGETED INDUSTRIES THAT ARE PRIORITIES AND THEN WATCH INDIVIDUAL NEWSLETTERS WITHIN THOSE TARGETED INDUSTRIES TO SHOWCASE IT'S HAPPENING IN MCKINNEY. AND THEN WE WANT TEO ATTEMPT TO INCREASE OUR ORGANIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE MARKETING PLATFORM BY 5% OR THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND THAT'S JUST LOOKING AT. NO OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBSITES. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR ENGAGEMENT, BOTH WITHIN EVEN MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, WEBSITES DIFFERENT PLATFORMS THAT WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, IN PUT DYNAMIC CONTENT, OUR WEBPAGE THAT SETS US OUT. WE'LL MEASURE THAT BY LOOKING. CAN WE INCREASE? GET FIVE JUST A 5% INCREASE OVER WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS FOUR OTHER WEBSITES AND OTHER LIKE COMMUNITY, SO WE'LL SEE. YOU KNOW IF WE CAN GET THE LEADING EDGE ON THOSE METRICS. BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IS ONE OF THE NEWER. KIND OF AREAS THAT WE'VE STARTED EXPLORING. WE'VE BROUGHT ONBOARD A DIRECTOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND WE INTEND TIO ESSENTIALLY KIND OF. TAKE A STAB AT DOING WHAT A LOT OF THE LARGER COMPANIES DOING ACTUALLY USED. BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DATA HELPED DIRECT SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES. UM, AND ALSO SERVE AS THE RESEARCH ARM FOR THE CDC LOCALLY TO FIND OUT SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT. WE'VE WE'VE UNCOVERED IN LOOKING AT JUST SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST BULLET IS COMPLETELY FULL BUSINESS INVENTORY FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS NO GOOD INVENTORY OF BUSINESSES FROM ME A COMPLETE PERSPECTIVE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY OF ANY PRIOR CITIES THAT I'VE BEEN IN. THAT IS DONE THROUGH A BUSINESS LICENSING THROUGH THE CITY. WE DO NOT REQUIRE A BUSINESS LICENSE, NOR DOES PRINCE CALLING COUNTY OR ANY OTHER CITY IN THE AREA, SO. IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE WHO EXACTLY IS IN OUR BUSINESS FOOTPRINT FOR THE CITY SO THROUGH OUR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, WE ARE.

HOPE TO HAVE COMPLETED IN SHORT ORDER A BUSINESS INVENT A REALLY TIME BUSINESS INVENTORY OF WHO ARE OUR CORPORATE CITIZENS AND MACKENZIE, NOT ONLY FROM A INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE. BUT FROM A TARGETED INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS WHERE WE DEVELOP WHERE ANY POTENTIAL CLUSTERS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE KNOW WHAT OTHER COMPLIMENTING INDUSTRIES COULD WE GO AFTER WEI HAVE A CLUSTER OF. TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE COMPANIES. WELL, WHAT ARE THEY FINTECH? STOFFER, ARE THEY. SIX OFF OR ARE THEY JUST GENERAL BUSINESS PLATFORM SOFTWARE? WHAT ARE THE COMPLIMENTING INDUSTRIES THAT WE COULD GO AFTER AND USED THOSE COME EXISTING INDUSTRY BASE THAT WE HAVE AS A RECRUITMENT TOLD FOR OTHER BUSINESS. I'M ALSO LOOKING AT OUR COMPETITIVENESS WITHIN THE REGION AND WITHIN THE STATE WITHIN THE NATION, SO.

YOU'LL NOTICE WE WANT TO COMPLETE TWO COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS STUDIES INTO COMPETITIVE ANNOUNCED STUDIES. BOTH DIFFERENT THINGS COMPARATIVE IS. WHO ARE THE WHO WERE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE COMPETE WITH THAT ARE MOST LIKE US. AND THEN OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE COMPETING WITH, HOW COMPETITIVE ARE WE WITH THEM FROM A.

INSTEAD OF OFFERING POINT OF VIEW FROM ANY WORKFORCE POINT OF VIEW FROM A ACCESSIBILITY POINT OF VIEW ALL THESE DIFFERENT METRICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ANALYZING TO HELP BETTER DEVELOPED TARGETS AND INDUSTRIES FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION. AND FOR THESE CAMPAIGNS THAT WE WANT TO LAUNCH. AND THEN UPLOAD AND REFINE HER FAST, FAST FACT DATA SHEETS ON THE WEBSITE BY THE END OF ONE. THIS'S A ADDITION TO THE WEBSITE THAT WE'VE PUT ON THERE THAT GIVES REALLY GOOD BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AT A CLICK. SO THIS IS ALL OVER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. WE WILL ONCE WE HAVE THESE

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BASICALLY WHAT OUR GOAL IS WITH OUR FAST FAXES TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE DATA BASES ON OUR CITY. AND ON OUR COMPETITIVE MARKETS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE. SO THAT IS REALLY KEY. WHEN WE HAVE THINGS LIKE BROKERS AND SITES, ELECTORS IN CORPORATIONS COMING TO OUR WEBSITE TO FIND OUT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IF THEY CAN, IN ONE STOP. GET ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE A SOLID BUSINESS DECISION ON WHY MCKINNEY IS A DESTINATION FOR THEIR BUSINESS. THEN THEN WE HAVE ONE BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, AND NOT MANY SITES ARE OFFERING THAT CURRENTLY. KINLEY GENERATION OUTREACH. WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT'S HOW WE FOUND PROJECTS WE GENERATE LEADS BY DOING OUTREACH. WE WANT TO TRY TO GENERATE A MINIMUM OF 10 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECT LEADS AGAIN WATCHING FOR QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER TO BROKERS IN SIGHT. SELECTORS WERE MARKETING AUTOMATION PLATFORM. AND PARTICIPATE IN A MINIMUM OF FIVE LOCAL BROKER IN SIGHT. SELECTORS EVENTS AGAIN BROKERS COMMUNITY INSIDE SELECTION COMMITTEE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY OUR BREAD AND BUTTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, AND EVEN FOSTER INCREASE OUR PRESENCE. UH TO THEM WITHIN THE MARKET. A LOT OF A LOT OF WHAT.

WHAT KEN WAS ALLUDING TO BEFORE, AS AS PART OF THIS GOAL, AND EVERYTHING WAS TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF WHAT MCKINNEY IS. WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY TWO YEARS AGO, MCKENNEY UM.

YOU KNOW, WE WOULD RECEIVE OURS OF THE DELTA CHAMBER WOULD RECEIVE OUR RECIPES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THEY WERE ALL FOR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. LOGISTICS CENTERS, UH, IN MILE CENTERS. AND SO I STARTED ASKING QUESTION. WHY ARE WE ONLY GETTING THESE. WHERE'S ALL THE OTHER? OUR PEACE. I KNOW THERE'S MORE COMING OUT. WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE OFFICE? OUR FEES WERE GETTING THE HEADQUARTERS ARE PIECE SO I STARTED ASKING ASKED, YOU KNOW ROBERT ALLEN AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HERE IN THE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

ORGANIZATION, HE SAID, BECAUSE HE'S AN INDUSTRIAL CITY. AND BECAUSE THAT'S THE REPUTATION WE'VE BUILT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, SO IF WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THOSE HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS IF WE WANT TO BE A TECH DESTINATION TO BRING THE TYPES OF COMPANIES THAT. CATER MORE TOWARDS THE WORKFORCE THAT IS EXISTING HERE THAT THOSE COMPANIES CAN LEVERAGE WE NEEDED TO CHANGE OUR PERCEPTION IN THE MARKETPLACE, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.

AGAIN. I SPOKE WITH A LOT OF YOU ABOUT MY POSITION ON BEING LEADING EDGE FOR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE ROAD MAP TO GETTING. TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO MCKINNEY IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S BENEFITS TO BEING RELATIVELY UNDERDEVELOPED IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKET. UM, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE OUR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE. TO RECRUIT A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO WORK ON THE NEXT GEN. LEADING, UH, TECHNOLOGIES. AND SO OUR GOALS WITHOUT OR ENHANCE WIRELESS COVERAGE IN CITY OF MCKINNEY.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU GOT HAVE CELL SERVICE IF YOU FOUND DIDN'T WORK BUSINESSES ARE GONNA COME HERE, SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL AREAS THAT NEED INCREASED COVERAGE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH PROVIDERS TO HELP INCREASE THAT COVERAGE. WE WANT TO TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT PROJECTS. THAT MEANS LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE FIBER. YOU KNOW, ANY ROAD WERE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY WAS CITY ENGINEERING TO LOOK AT. BUT WHEN CAPITAL PROJECTS COME FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA DIG UP THE ROAD AND IT DOESN'T HAVE FIBER AND WE NEED TO BE PUTTING CONDUIT IN THE ROAD. WE DON'T NEED TO BE PUTTING FIRE IN THE ROAD.

SOMEBODY ELSE WILL COME AND DO THAT. BUT THERE NEEDS CONDUIT IN THE GROUND FIBERS IS BECOMING HOUSEHOLD. UH, ITEM WHERE IT USED TO BE A LUXURY TO BUSINESSES BACK IN THE EARLY NINETIES. NOW IT'S JUST COMMONPLACE HOUSEHOLD SO WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPLETELY.

REEVALUATING OUR OUR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE LANDSCAPE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE CAN.

OBVIOUSLY THE. OVERWHELMING GOAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HIS PUREST FORM IS TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL TAX BASE FOR THE CITY. UM, TO LOOK AT THE BALANCE. A WELL BALANCED CITY IS ROUGHLY 50 50 50 50 TAX BASE COMING FROM COMMERCIAL TAX BASE INCOMING FROM RESIDENTIAL TAX BASE. A, UH, EXCEEDINGLY HEALTHY, STRONG CITY HAS THE OPPOSITE PROPORTION OF COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL AND HAS A MAJORITY OF THEIR PROPERTY TAX BASE IN THAT FORM TAX BASE COMING FROM THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, IT'S A MUCH MORE SECURE MUCH MORE. STEADY IN LESS VOLATILE SOURCE OF TAX REVENUE WHEN YOU'RE DEPENDENT LARGELY FROM RESIDENTIAL TAX REVENUE. YOU PUT YOURSELF AT RISK FOR, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE MORTGAGE. NO CRISIS OF THE MID TO THOUSANDS. THOSE CITIES I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING IN THE CITY AT THE TIME. THAT WAS

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BUILDING THE WRITING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. UM, MR. GOT ME OFF TRACK STARTED. GET BACK. GET BACK ON THE RAILS. OKAY, SO, UM. SO IT'S THAT HOTELS WITH THE FIRST BULLET WAS MAINTAINED AN ACTIVE PROJECT PIPELINE OF 20 PROJECT AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS. UM, AS LONG AS WE MAINTAIN OUR GOAL TO MAINTAIN 20 ACTIVE PROJECTS MEANS THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY. SEEKING OUT NEW PROJECTS. IF WE WERE TO GET 20 IN OUR PIPELINE, THAT'S IT NOW. YOU KNOW, WE GET DOWN TO FIVE WE'LL GO GET 20 MORE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. CURRENTLY WE HAVE OVER 30 PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE. SO WE'RE DOING WELL IN THAT REGARD, BUT MAINTAINING 20 ACTIVE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE MEANS THAT WE ARE CONTINUALLY SEEKING OUT NEW PROJECTS. WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING ON OUR HANDS AND DOING NOTHING. JUST MEANS WE'RE OUT. THERE WERE OTHER MARKETING RATHER SHOPPING. SO FROM THOSE ACTIVE PIPELINE, WE'D LIKE THEM AGAIN. IF THERE IS HIGH QUALITY PROJECTS THAT ARE BRINGING GOOD CAPITAL INVESTMENT, GOOD JOBS. WE WANT THE VALUE OF THAT PIPELINE TO BE MAINTAINED AT OVER $200 MILLION ANNUALLY. SO WHETHER OR NOT AGAIN THAT THE LIFE CYCLE OF THESE PROJECTS IS SPECULATIVE. SOME PROJECTS LAND. UM I MEAN THE SHORTEST ONE. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT TWO MONTHS, THE LONGEST ONE I'VE EVER WORKED ON THREE YEARS. SO IT'S JUST THE LIFE CYCLE OF THESE EVAN FLOW, BUT WE WANT THE VALUE TO BE IN THAT PIPELINE TO SAY LIKE WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL WITHIN OUR PIPELINE TO BRING. $200 MILLION PLUS TO THE CITY AND MCKINNEY WHENEVER THESE PROJECTS. SO THAT'S MORE REMAIN IN THERE AS A GOAL AND THEN. ARE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL IS TO INCREASE CAPITAL INVESTMENT BY AT LEAST 20% VERSUS THE PRIOR YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T HAVE 2020 TARGETS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED 2020 YEARS BUT FOR EXAMPLE, ARE 2019 NUMBER WAS WE BROUGHT $176 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR THAT YEAR. SO OUR 2020 TARGET IS 211 MILLION. 20% 76 SO. THAT'S THAT STANDARD WILL LAST UNTIL WE BRING OUR FIRST BILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPMENT, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO BACK DOWN. KEEP GOING TO THE MARKET TRADING. SO THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING INCREASE OF POTENTIAL TAX BASE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, BERRY. BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION IS THE IS A. ESSENTIALLY ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 75% OF GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY COMES FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FROM EXISTING BUSINESS IS GROWING AND EXPANDING. THAT CANNOT BE. I CAN'T UNDERPLAY THAT ENOUGH BECAUSE THAT IS WHY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR COMPANIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO EXPAND AND. MAKE THOSE PROJECTS THAT PRIORITY FOR VISITING FOR KEEPING IT, KEEPING RELATIONS WITH. UH IT IS. I LEARNED THIS LESSON. THE YEAR, ONE OF STARTING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I WAS GREEN AS GREEN GETS WHEN HE GETS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WAS WORKING IN THE CITY FOR LARIO. AND WITH A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY SAY WE'RE MOVING AND MY BOSS SAID KEEP HIM HERE. AND SO IN TALKING THEM. THEY WERE A VERY GENEROUS CORPORATE CITIZEN HAD HAVE BEEN THE ENTIRE TIME THEY WERE THERE. IT'S NOT COS IT WAS CITRIX CORPORATION WAS FOUNDED IN IN SOUTH FLORIDA. AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE FIRST TIO. GIVE TO ALL THE LOCAL CHARITIES WERE THE FIRST TO SPONSOR THIS FOR THE FIRST SPONSOR THAT. YOU KNOW WHEN OUR CORPORATION HIT OUR FIRST BILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL REVENUES, WE DIDN'T EVEN GET A BYLINE IN THE PAPER. SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS JUST WANT TO TAKE FROM US. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING BACK, SO WE'R. AND THAT THAT REALLY SPOKE TO ME, AND I'LL CARRY THAT WITH ME. MY ENTIRE 16 YEARS LATER, I'M STANDING HERE TELLING THAT STORY BECAUSE THAT THAT KIND OF FRAMED MY OPINION OF BUSINESS, REPEAT ATTENTION AND EXPANSION THROUGHOUT THE REST OF MY

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THE CDC WAS A RELATIVELY PHANTOM ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY. NOT MANY PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE DID. THERE WAS PROBABLY A LARGELY MORE NEGATIVE PERCEPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND WE'RE MAKING STEPS AND WE'RE TRYING TO MEET WITH A COMMUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT WE DO. WHY WE DO IT. THE BENEFIT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW OUR ORGANIZATION'S MAKING IMPACTED ME, KENNY SO WE DID THAT. WE'VE DONE THAT ONCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AND WE HAD PLANNED TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR BIG NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT THIS YEAR, BUT IT GOT CANCELLED DUE TO COVET SO. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO EDUCATED COMMUNITY ON WHAT WE DO IN THE IMPACT THAT THE SALES TAX DOLLARS MAKE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. NDING IN BACK TO MARKING. WE ALSO WANT TEO DEPLOYED FOR QUARTERLY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTERS, AND OUR GOAL IS AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO TRY TO GET THOSE AND ALL THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION'S EITHER GET LINKS ON THEIR WEBSITES OR. NO PUT ADS IN THEIR, UH, THEIR HOMEOWNERS, BROCHURES OR QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR EVEN MAKE PRESENTATIONS OUT THERE THEIR COMMUNITY, ANNUAL COMMUNITY GATHERINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN, ONCE COVERED. SLOWS DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO RE ENGAGE THAT MORE AGGRESSIVELY, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO GET OUT OF THE COMMUNITY AND SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE IMPACT THAT OUR ORGANIZATION IS MAKING AND ANSWER ANY OF THOSE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT IMMEDIACY.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TOP PRIORITY ITEMS FOR GETTING OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT WELL, IT'S ONLY A QUESTION. RUSSIANS. QUESTION COMMENT. FIRST OF ALL, I HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK JUST ON YOUR JOB AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND MOST OF IT'S JUST ALL REALLY POSITIVE.

THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW YOU'RE RUNNING YOUR ORGANIZATION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. MY QUESTION IS. HOW MUCH DO WE TRY TO RECRUIT? OUT OF THE UNITED STATES. A GOOD PORTION WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ABBY REALLY RUNS OUR INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT KIND OF PROGRAMS. SHE'S DEVELOPED A REALLY GOOD ONBOARD, UNSURE.

GLOBAL SOFT LANDING PROGRAM THAT AGAIN WE HAD BIG PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THAT THIS YEAR. ALL OF OUR INTERNATIONAL TRIPS HAVE BEEN CANCELED THIS YEAR, SO BUT WE WERE MAKING SOME REALLY GOOD HEADWAY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE ASIAN MARKETS WHEN IT COMES TO ADVANCE MANUFACTURING. WAY INTEND TO KEEP PURSUING THOSE AGAIN REVISING SOME OF OUR TARGETED ENTRIES THAT MAY TAKE OUR GLOBAL EFFORTS TO SOME NEW MARKETS. THAT CLOSER LINED WITH SOME OF THOSE NEW TARGETED INDUSTRY IS BEING TECHNOLOGY, ESPECIALLY FINANCIAL SERVICES. FINTECH YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S MORE OF A EUROPEAN FOCUS THAN THEN MORE ON THE HEAVY MANUFACTURING, BUT. WE PARTICIPATED IN 2019 WITH THE GOVERNOR'S MISSION TO JAPAN. WE DID A TARGETED TRADE MISSION TO TAIWAN, AND WE HAD PLANS. IT PLANS TO GO TO AND WE ALSO WENT TO THE SMART CITIES IN BARCELONA TO LOOK AT SOME SMART CITY SOLUTIONS FOR THE CITY. AS WELL AS THE MORAL CONGRESS, WHICH FOCUSES ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WHERE WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTS WE'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME CHANGES TO THE TARGETS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS JUST HAD A COMMENT. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ACCOMMODATION ON WHAT

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AND NOT ONLY WE'RE LOSING OUR BUSINESS IF YOU DON'T KEEP HIM HAPPY. ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES HELP YOU'RE CREATING. I MEAN, IF YOU'VE GOT A GOOD COALITION AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CEOS AND EVERYTHING. YOU WANT THEM TO BE TALKING GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS CITY, SO I COMMEND YOU ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT'S FOR SURE. GOING OUT AND SEEING THE COMPANY BRINGING A BOX OF DOUGHNUTS AND THANKING HIM FOR BEING A MCKINNEY IS ONE THING. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME WITH YOUR PARTNERS TO DEVELOP AN INTIMACY. WITH THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THOSE BUSINESS LEADERS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO RING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU'RE THERE TO HELP IN YOUR HEAD OF. THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF THEM ALL THE TIME. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IS A LEVEL OF INTIMACY WITH THESE LEADING BUSINESSES, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET OKAY? YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 200834

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Amending Resolution No. 2020-07-096(R) Authorizing the Creation of an Ad Hoc Throckmorton Statue Advisory Board to Oversee Staff and Expert Research Related to the Throckmorton Statue Located on City-Owned Property; Providing for an Amended Charge to Said Board; and Providing for an Effective Date]

ONE INCLUDES EXTENDING THE DATE OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OUT A LITTLE BIT TO ACT OVER 20, WHICH IS WHEN WE NOW ANTICIPATE. BRING THE SITE AND BACK TO COUNCIL AND THE SECOND REFINES THE CHARGE A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE THE ADVICE REPORTS AND FREEDOM TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL ON BOTH SIDES AS WELL AS SORT OF A WRITTEN. POSITION STATEMENT OR NARRATIVE BASED ON THE PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT IS BEING PUT TOGETHER. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I CAN'T. LAST WEEK, THERE HAD BEEN THE PUBLIC PORTAL IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW FOR INPUT. WAS UP FOR JUST DAYS AND RECEIVED 1000 COMMENTS. DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT NOW? HAS HAD A CURIOSITY. I DON'T BUT I WILL CERTAINLY CHECK AND CAN LET YOU KNOW AT THE TIME OF OUR MEETING. WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD ON THURSDAY. WE WERE 18 HUNDREDS, SO IT HAD WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF RESPONSES. THAT PORTAL IS OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 25TH. I MEAN, WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST WEEK, ASSUMING EVERYONE'S READ THE RESOLUTION. I THINK IT EMBODIES WHAT WE ALL DISCUSSED AND AGREED TO. WE WON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. A COMMENT CONCERNED. I KNOW THAT THE AND I'M NOT REAL SURE, BECAUSE ATTENDED THE LAST MEETING. JUST THIS CITIZEN. TIME. THAT THE COMMENT CARDS THAT AIR COMING THROUGH I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT BOARD COMMISSION COMMITTEE IS GOING TO MEET AGAIN. TO DECIPHER THE COMMENT CARDS OR IS THAT COMING TO US? VIA THE STAFF. AND I CERTAINLY WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO ASSIMILATE SO THEY CAN SHARE IT WITH US, RATHER THAN EACH OF US GO THROUGH THOUSANDS OF GUARDS. BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO, AND SO TIMING WISE ELVES CONCERNED OUR DAY. GETTING BACK TOGETHER TO DISCUSS WHAT'S ON THOSE COMMENT CARDS. GREAT POINT. SO LET ME TELL YOU THE PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY ADJUST RIGHT NOW THE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTAL IS OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 25TH.

AFTER THAT CLOSES, STAFF WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER THE WHOLE PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT WE PLAN TO GIVE TO COUNSEL. ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED BASED ON THE DIRECTION YOU GAVE US LAST WEEK IS WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT PACKET OF INFORMATION TO THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FIRST THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE IT. IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE INFORMATION FOR THE FIRST MEETINGS. THEY CAN THEN USE THAT TO DEVELOP THEIR PRESENTATIONS OR THE WRITTEN NARRATIVES. SO THAT IS THAT THAT'S SORT OF THE TIMING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PACKET OF INFORMATION TO THEM NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 7TH SO THAT GIVES HIM TWO WEEKS BEFORE COUNSEL TO REFINE THEIR PRESENTATION. IT GIVES THEM A WEEK OR MORE TO GET A WRITTEN STATEMENT BACK. AT THE MEETING ON THURSDAY. WE DID DISCUSS

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[CITIZEN COMMENTS Regarding Matters Not on the Agenda]

WHAT IS THE HEART OF ALLOWING THE STATUE TO REMAIN WHERE IT IS? CAN WE AT LEAST TRY TO GET TO THE HUMANITY OF IT? EMPATHY IS THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND SHARE THE FEELINGS OF ANOTHER, IN OTHER WORDS, CONNECTING WITH THE FEELING OF ANOTHER AND WALKING IN THEIR SHOES, UNDERSTANDING THEIR POINT OF VIEW. DOES IT MATTER AT ALL TO YOU THAT SOMEONE IS HURT BY THE STATUE IN THEIR VIEW? THERE'S SOME DEEP SEATED FEELINGS ON BOTH SIDES ATTACHED TO THAT STATUTE. SOMEONE ON THE AD HOC BOARD EVEN TOLD YOU ALL THAT IN HIS LIFETIME, HE WAS TOLD IN HIS FACE BY WAITRESS ON THAT VERY SQUARE. WE DON'T SERVE HERE. IN THE SIMPLEST OF TERMS, JACKS THOUGHT WARDEN WAS AN OPPONENT OF THE 13TH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, A RACIST. WHO FAVORED HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SLAVERY AND TREASON. THE CONFEDERACY. AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN. I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY TO KILL THE STATUE.

WE WOULD JUST LIKE FOR IT TO BE MOVED FROM OUR VIEW. TO A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT. LOCAL LEADERSHIP SO OFTEN EXPECTS US TO JUST GO ALONG WITH WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT IN ORDER TO GET ALONG. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMETHING MEANS TO YOU.

YOU OFTEN DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER HOW WE AS HUMAN BEINGS FEEL ABOUT THINGS. WE KNOW YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR STATUE IN PLACE. ABOUT 1000 VIEW WHO SAY WE DON'T EVEN NOTICE THE STATUE.

IN THAT CASE, IT SHOULDN'T BOTHER YOU IF IT WERE NO LONGER THERE. I KNOW IT'S VERY HARD OR EVEN OFFENSIVE FOR SOME OF YOU TO PUT YOURSELVES IN THE SHOES OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN OR LATINA. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK WHAT IF I HAD BEEN BORN AFRICAN AMERICAN? WHAT IF PEOPLE HAD A DEEP HATRED FOR ME? JUST BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN? WHAT IF I HAD EVER BEEN EXCLUDED FROM EVERY DAY LIFE EVENTS BECAUSE OF BEING WHITE? THEN CONSIDER HAVING TO COME UP HERE. AND BAG YOU GUYS TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE TOWN SQUARE. THAT IS A SYMBOL OF HATRED WHEN YOU WANT TO KEEP IT FOR THE SAKE OF HISTORY.

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WE'RE. I CAN'T GO TO COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THE

[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]

HUEY'S SENT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WE HAVE HOUSED ABOUT 250 HERE IN MCKINNEY. JUST SOME OF THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO HEARTBREAKING THAT THE'S CITIZENS OF AMERICA ARE ARE HERE BEING TREATED. IT'S LESS THAN CITIZENS. NOT HERE, MCKINNEY BECAUSE. THAT IS

[01:10:01]

BUT I'M A CONSENSUS SO STAFF CAN HELP ME WITH THE FLYER. BUT JUST. BUT DON'T DON'T CUT ME OFF FAMILIA. I'M JUST I'M NOT SAYING THIS AGAINST CONSENSUS YET. I'M JUST SAYING, DO WE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT'S BEING DONE GREAT, JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE COORDINATING.

UM SO WE DON'T HAVE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS. YOU KNOW, ONE BEING REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL WHEN BEING RED CROSS, MAYBE KAREN I'M DOING THE SAME THING. I KNOW THAT. OBVIOUSLY, BUT THAT'S SO, PAUL, COULD YOU SHED ANY LIGHT ON THAT? SO COUNCILMAN SHIM WAND? I DID SPEAK YESTERDAY. WE SENT SOME INFORMATION, TOO. THEM OVER THE WEEKEND, WHICH I BELIEVE MAYOR YOU RECEIVED AS WELL. OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY IS THIS WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE. WE HAVE. CITY STAFF THROUGH MISS RILEY'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COORDINATOR WHO HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO, UM MARSHALL. SOME RESOURCE IS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELP SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE. AND THEN FINALLY, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS NOW GOTTEN INVOLVED IN. THIS IS REALLY WHAT THEY DO. THEY DEAL WITH THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS. THE QUESTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IS EXPLAIN TO MR SHEN WAS, IS IT THE ROLE OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO NOW INSERT THEMSELVES INTO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT? THAT'S NOT A QUESTION. WELL THAT'S IT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS ALREADY BEING PERFORMED BY THOSE ASSIGNED ENTITIES. IF THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL. POLICY DESIRE FOR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO INSERT THEMSELVES INTO THIS PROCESS. THAT'S A DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE. I CANNOT AUTHORIZE OR ADVISE A COUNCIL MEMBER TO GO ON THEIR OWN, ASK STAFF TO PRINT OUT FLYERS UNLESS THE COUNCIL AS A BODY IS AWARE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO, AND IT'S YOUR DECISION AND WE WILL DO WHAT I ASKED OR DO WHAT YOU ASK US TO DO SO THAT LET'S BE CLEAR. I'M ASKING FOR A POLICY CHANGE OR ANYTHING

[01:15:03]

I WAS THERE YESTERDAY THERE TODAY. SO I'VE ALREADY MET WITH THEM WITH THE RED CROSS. I'VE MET WITH THE HOTEL AND WE'RE ALL COORDINATED. SO TO BE CLEAR. THERE IS A NEED AND HAD WE NOT SPOKE THIS WEEKEND. RED CROSS. NOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. HAD ADDRESSED THE LAUNDRY NEED. OF RESIDENTS WHO HAD BEEN THERE SINCE LAST MONTH. SO THAT'S A NEED THAT I IDENTIFIED BY BEING THERE PERSONALLY TALKING TO THESE RESIDENTS, SO THERE ARE NEEDS THAT ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS THAT ARE NOT BEING MET. AND I WANT TO GO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS AGAIN. IF IT'S NOT THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL, SO BE IT. BUT I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. I THINK HAVING. 200 FLYERS PRINTED UP IS NOT A BIG DEAL, AND I THINK THAT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO. FOR THESE EVACUEES, AND WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR OVER THE WEEKEND, HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US HELPING THESE RESIDENTS. I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY DONE SOME THINGS WITH THEIR NONPROFIT AND THE NONPROFITS HAVE STEPPED UP. AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY. I THINK IT'S WELL WITHIN MY RIGHTS TO GO CHECK ON ANYBODY THAT WE'RE HOUSING IN THE CITY AND SUPPORT THEM IN ANY EFFORTS THAT WE CAN'T SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN GET CONSENSUS FOR A FLYER. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY OTHER SUPPORT OTHER THAN A FLYER. THAT'S IT.

YEAH, I MEAN IT. I'M FLYING WITH A FLOCK OF BEING GIVEN CONSENSUS FOR THAT, JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT. UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN THE WAY NOW THAT YOU SAID OUR ORGANIZATION WENT THROUGH, WE GAVE $50 GIFT CARDS TO ALL THE FAMILIES THERE WE APPRECIATE, BUT THEY APPRECIATE DON'T KNOW. YEAH, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT FOR ANY. FOR ANY CREDIT ANYTHING. I'M SAYING THAT WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE AND BEING THE LIAISON.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT. WHATEVER WE DID WAS IN COORDINATION AND BENEFITED OR A SUPPLEMENTAL TO WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND NOT NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO. IF IT'S. I THINK IT'S HARMLESS. 200 FLYERS. THAT'S THAT'S APPRECIATE YOU. IT'S A MAN. THEY WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. I JUST WANT WHAT I ASK IS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE RED CROSS, KAREN ATKINS AND EVERYONE THAT IS IN THAT POSITION TO DO IT. THIS IS APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE THANK YOU GUYS. UM. MY FIRST COMMUNISTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRASER. THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING IN A BACK AND FORTH. I WON'T APOLOGIZE TO YOU. BECAUSE I CALLED YOU COP, FRAZIER. I KNOW YOU'RE A COP AND YOU HOLD THAT TITLE. BUT WHEN YOU SIT ON THIS DIET, YOU'RE COUNCILMEMBER FRAZIER. AND IF I IT WOULD BE HYPOCRITICAL OF ME. TO DEMAND THAT I AM CALLED COUNCILMAN SHIM WILL NOT EXTEND THAT SAME RESPECT TO YOU. AND FOR THAT, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU, COUNCILMAN FRASIER AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DID THAT TO YOU PUBLICLY. SO I APOLOGIZE TO YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. AND I'M GONNA GET INTO MY COMMENTS. YOU HAVE, MISTER TOW CARS COME UP HERE FROM THE CDC. AND SPEAK ON. HE SAID THEY WERE RECEIVING. THERE ARE PIECE FROM THE STATE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND ONE OF THOSE WASS. YOU KNOW THEY KEPT RECEIVING THESE INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF. YOU KNOW, COS THAT WANTED TO COME INTO ME, KENNY. AND THAT STUCK OUT TO ME BECAUSE WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE OUR REPUTATION. AND WE ARE WHAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE US TO BE. AND AS I WAS THINKING, I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW HARBORING ARE NEGATIVE PAST. CAN HAMSTRING OUR FUTURE. HARBORING ARE NEGATIVE PAST CAN HAMSTRING OUR FUTURE. KENNY HAS A TROUBLED. IS TROUBLED BY A NEGATIVE HISTORY. AND BY NOT BY NOT ACKNOWLEDGING AND OWNING THAT. WE CANNOT MEET OUR FULL, VIBRANT POTENTIAL ARE MOST PLENTIFUL FUTURE. AS I WAS RESEARCHING. I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING UP AND ADMIRING RUTH BADER GINSBURG AND PASSING AWAY I CAME ACROSS IN EH? A DOCUMENTARY, NOT ONE THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. BUT IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I REALIZED IT WAS THEIR OWN DOCUMENTARY. I LEARNED SOMETHING THAT SAYS ON JULY 9 17 76 5 DAYS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS SOLDIERS HAVE RODE BACK TO NEW YORK. TO LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THE DECLARATION. THE

[01:20:02]

OR BRANDING AND IMAGING IS EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE ARE OUR REPUTATION. HOW MOVING ALONG.

WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMMEDIACY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS STATUE. IN GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES WHO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF INCLUSION. LOOK UP, MCKINNEY. THEY REMEMBER THE JIM CROW LIKE LAWS. BUT I REMEMBER THE CITY THAT KEPT UP A STATUE. THEY REMEMBER THE DIVISION. DO THEY REMEMBER THE MCKINNEY POOL PARTY? THEY REMEMBER THE LADY WHO WAS KILLED IN HER OWN HOME. WILL THEY REMEMBER THE ONLY BLACK COUNCIL MEMBER BEING REMOVED FROM HIS OFFICE? WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT? OF THE JIM CROW LIKE LAWS AND THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT DISPROPORTIONATE THE EFFECT THE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SAME SPIRIT OF THROCKMORTON, WHO OPPOSE THE 14TH AMENDMENT. NOW. IF YOU THOUGHT THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SITS HERE AND BRINGS UP RACE RELATED ISSUES PUTS A BAD STAIN ON THE CITY. MAKES THE CITY LOOK LIKE A RACIST CITY. IF YOU THINK THAT BY REMOVING THE ONLY BLACK COUNCILMAN. AND KEEPING THIS STATUE IN PLACE IS GOING TO KEEP YOU FROM BEING KNOWN AS A RACIST CITY. YOU MAY BE SORELY MISTAKEN. NOW YOU WILL GO DOWN AS THE ONLY CITY TO EVER REMOVE A COUNCILMAN. WERE POORLY. ORCHESTRATED RECALL ELECTION. AND THAT WILL BE MCKINNEY HISTORY. THAT WILL ALWAYS REMAIN. DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. RIGHT? AZIZ AFTER WE GAVE CONSENSUS SEMITIC. I JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THOUGHT ON IT. THE IDEA IS JUST TO GET THE FLYERS DONE. SO I'M GONNA SUGGEST, LET LET LET LOVE LIFE PARTNER WITH YOU AND DO IT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE WHO'S GOING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE CITY. IT'S GOING TO BE THE NONPROFITS. SO LET DIFFERENT ONES. OKAY WITH NOT HAVING THE CITY DO IT. I'D LIKETO HAVE LOVE LIFE PARTNER WITHIN THAT JUST NEEDS I NEEDED DONE. WE'RE THURSDAY AT 7 30. THEY NEED TO GET IT TO THE EVACUEES. YEAH, I'M OKAY. 30, SO JUST DO IT THAT WAY. LOVE LIFE CAN ALSO BE. PART OF THE SOLUTION OR HELPING ADDRESS WHATEVER THOSE NEEDS ARE, UM OKAY, WE HAVE TIO. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT NOW, SO I THINK WE'LL NEED TO MEET WITH TOURISTS WILL NEED TO IT CAN BE A JOURNAL OR CAN I JUST, UH, RECESS CONVENIENT IN RECESS? BUD TO CALL US IN JUST SO I CAN READ RESISTS RECONVENE. YES SO WAY ARE RECONVENING ARE MEETING

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[01:25:04]

WE'RE GONNATHEY'LL BE ACTION ON. WE ARE ADJOURNEDHE MAYOR. WE HAVE. TO RIGHT. CALL US BACK INTO SESSION BACK INTO AA SESSION, WRAP UP OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING. I BELIEVE

[ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS]

CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND RIGHT? HE SAID. WHAT DO WE HAVE? I DON'T HAVE RODE UP. DO YOU GUESS THEY WOULD HAVE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES MOTION TO ADJOURN. I GOT A FAVOR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.