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Ernest. You're good. 6:05 p.m. Welcome to the city of mckinney city council meeting. Regular

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meeting. It's tuesday, april the 7th, 2026. This is city council chambers. We'll call

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this meeting to order. We appreciate you being here tonight. And those of you watching on tv, we have a full agenda. So we'll work through this as smoothly as we can.

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first order of business will be our invocation given by maureen dudley of the church of jesus

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christ of latter day saints. Our dear heavenly father, we're so grateful that we could be

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here tonight as a mckinney community. We are so thankful for this past weekend where we

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were able to celebrate the resurrection of thy son, jesus christ, and all he has done for

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us in our life. We ask thee to be with the members of the city council, the mayor, the staff,

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and all other community workers that they may have thy guidance. They may have thy support, and

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that they may be able to do the things that will make our community even better than it

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is today. We are so grateful to live in this wonderful community. We are so grateful

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for the friendly neighbors, for the blessings we receive through city services and

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through the safety of our community. Please help us to reach out to others and to give

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to others and to make our community even better. And we say these things in the name of

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jesus christ. Amen, amen, amen. And our pledge tonight will be by the mckinney branch, members

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of the boys and girls club of collin county.

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and you guys lead us. Ready? Let's go. Pledge allegiance to the flag

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of the united states of america. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god,

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indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thanks, guys.

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okay. Thank you. Good evening. As we often do, we have proclamations to present at

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this time. And tonight we have one, two, three, four, five, six proclamations. So bear with

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me. I'll read through these and. We'll go do it that way first. Easter is a sacred and joyous

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occasion celebrated by millions around the world, symbolizing hope, renewal, and the triumph

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of life over death. This holy day holds deep spiritual significance within the

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christian faith commemorating the resurrection of jesus christ and inspiring messages

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of love, grace, and redemption. Easter also represents the arrival of spring, a season of

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rebirth and new beginnings, reminding us of the beauty of growth, transformation, and

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renewed purpose in our lives and communities. Families, friends, and neighbors come

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together during this time to share traditions, exchange kindness, and strengthen bonds

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through fellowship, service and celebration. The values reflected in easter compassion,

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generosity, and unity serve as a guiding light for building stronger, more connected.

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funerals. By the power vested in me as mayor of mckinney, texas. Texas, I do hereby

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recognize the season of easter as a time of reflection, celebration and renewal,

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encouraging all residents to observe this occasion in a spirit of hope, peace and

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goodwill toward all. Our next proclamation. Children thrive in safe, stable, and nurturing

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environments, though unfortunately, maltreatment is all too often significant, a

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significant problem. The month of april is recognized as a time to spread awareness and

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advocate for children and families victimized by child abuse. Child abuse affects

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children from every background. Prevention is a shared responsibility of all community

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members. As part of the commitment to end abuse. The collin county advocacy

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children's center will host a gala on april the 11th, 2026 in frisco, texas, and will partner

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with the frisco roughriders baseball team. On april 24th. Bullet blew out the riders

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field for hope, healing and protecting children from abuse. Sunday, april 26th is a blue

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sunday, a national day of prayer for abused children. By the power vested in me as the

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mayor of mckinney, texas, I do proclaim april 2026 to be child abuse prevention month in

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mckinney, texas. National community development week. The city of mckinney values housing

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and community development, leveraging federal, state and local funding to enhance

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quality of life. The month of april is dedicated to recognizing these efforts in

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the city of. Mckinney. Joins the national community development association, the us

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conference of mayors and the cdbg coalition to recognize national community development

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week in the city of mckinney recognizes the beneficial impact of cdbg and home

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programs in addressing important home service human service needs such as housing,

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rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, child services, transportation and senior

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services, fair housing and emergency rental assistance. The city of mckinney also

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utilizes affordable housing, neighborhood and transit services to benefit our growing

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community. To that effect, the city and community leaders will host the first mckinney

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affordable housing summit on april the 13th to discuss solutions to the city's

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workforce housing shortage. I, as mayor of mckinney, do hereby proclaim the period of april

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6th to april 13th as national community development week and encourage all residents to

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recognize community development programs and its important role in our community. Thank you.

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mckinney wealth building community day. The city of mckinney is a community partner

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for national wealth building community day. We recognize and encourage homeownership and

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wealth building opportunities within our local community. Whereas, the national

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association of real estate brokers in a r e b, launched initiatives to empower

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underrepresented, upper underrepresented families with communities toward

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homeownership, aiming to connect over 2 million mortgage ready renters with the

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resources and information they need. The efforts of mckinney, the local chapter, the north

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texas association of realtors and community leaders illustrate partnership and

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action for housing, community development and economic empowerment. As mayor of

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mckinney, I do proclaim april 18th as national wealth building day in mckinney,

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urging all residents to participate in the april 18th activities and events organized

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by nareb and its partners. Thank you. Two more. North texas community cleanup

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challenge month trash and litter that finds its way into waterways poses a threat to

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wildlife, the health of local water bodies, our community, residents and visitors, while

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imposing significant costs on communities. With millions spent annually in texas on

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cleanup and illegal dumping. Abatement the north texas community cleanup challenge.

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thought you'd call an audible there for a minute. The north texas community cleanup

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challenge aligns with and supports the goals of the greatest american cleanup and

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encourages residents, businesses, community groups, and service organizations in

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north central texas to participate in fighting the problem of litter throughout.

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participation in a regional cleanup challenge to be held during the months of march

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through may. And that's the longest sentence I've ever read. The city of mckinney hereby

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declares its support for the north texas community cleanup challenge and its regional

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initiatives, and will encourage community participation and promote the campaign to

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increase engagement in litter cleanup activities. Power invested in me as mayor

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mckinney, I do hereby proclaim the month of march through may 2026 as north texas community

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cleanup challenge months. Thank you. Do we have a group with north texas community cleanup

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here? On. Yeah. Okay. We'll do pictures when we get through about that. Alright. Earth

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month. Earth day, observed annually on april 22nd, is a global event that highlights

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the importance of protecting our planet and promoting environmental stewardship for

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present and future generations. The 2026 earth day theme, our power, our planet, encourages

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collective action to make smart energy and community commuting choices. Reducing plastic use,

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conserving water and adopting sustainable practices in homes, businesses and communities.

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residents in mckinney, texas, area demonstrate strong community pride through efforts

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like recycling, litter cleanups, water conservation, protecting lake lavon lake watershed,

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installing monarch waste stations, growing community gardens, constructing green

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buildings, and supporting environmental education. The city of mckinney commends

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schools, nonprofits, grassroots organizations, and community leaders who promote

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environmental responsibility through education, restoration and service. As mayor mckinney,

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I do hereby proclaim the month of april 2026 as earth month in mckinney, texas, and encourage

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all residents to celebrate by taking meaningful action and supporting efforts to lead a

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healthier, more sustainable future. Thank you. Okay, earth month pictures. Anyone?

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remember that, greg smith? Oh yeah. The guy on the left. Oh, right. He's a great guy. Great.

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okay. Pictures for north texas community cleanup challenge. Anyone?

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here from n a r e b? So my question. Excuse me. Ceasefire. 123 and loud right

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now. National community development week. You're back. Really? Child abuse prevention

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month. Okay. No putting anything.

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condition recognition of easter. Anyone?

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okay. Next item will be the public comments on agenda items that

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do not have a public hearing attached. If you're here and would like to address the

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council regarding an agenda item, don't have anybody signed up for that. There will be

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another opportunity later in the program for comments related to non-agenda items.

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all right. We will now move to our consent agenda. We have any. Motions, pull downs, anyone?

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mr. Mayor, I move that we approve the consent agenda as presented by staff. Second,

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have a motion by council and a second by mayor pro tem feltus to approve the consent agenda.

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that's item 26-0259. Through and including 26-0273. Any discussion, please cast your

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vote. That motion carries by vote of seven in favor, zero against. The consent agenda has

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been approved. We'll now move to our public hearing items and regular agenda. First item is

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260274. Consider an adoption of a resolution determining a public necessity to acquire

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certain easement rights for public use by eminent domain. Mr. Graham thank you. Mayor.

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members of the city council. I'm harry graham, director of engineering. So this is another

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eminent domain request from staff for the venue project. This is related to the the

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property where the sheraton hotel is located. It's for a temporary construction easement.

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it's 0.082 acres. And what we're doing is we're widening the sidewalk on the south side

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of of gateway boulevard. And so we're, you know, need a temporary construction easement

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to construct that widened sidewalk. So we ask for your support on this, this eminent

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domain case. And as with all eminent domain cases, we acquisitions that for eminent

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domain cases, the city follows state law when acquiring property, the city first

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obtains an appraisal. Determine the fair market value of the. Of the taking of the

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acquisition. Staff then uses the information to make the initial offer. The property owner can accept that offer or if they choose to get their own appraisal or counteract, make a

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counter-offer to the city. We'll consider that the city then evaluates that counteroffer received and makes a final offer. If no agreement is reached between the city and

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the property, the city has the authority to use eminent domain during the eminent domain

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process, the collin county commissioners appoint a set of three special commissioners

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that consist of three people, both the city and the property owner make to the special

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commissioners and the special commissioners determine the value of the acquisition is.

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the domain is not a taking of the land, it's just a legal process to determine what the

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fair market value. And so compensation can be made. So public use can be performed on

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the property. So with that happy to take any questions. Gary. So my understanding is

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just to summarize, it is this is a request for possible eminent domain, but we're still

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negotiating with the sheraton or the people who own it as to being able to get on there

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anyway. And, and even if we do, this is a temporary construction easement where we would be on there, do our work and get off of there and leave it just as improved as it is,

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but with a wider sidewalk. Is that fair to say? Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you sir. Anyone

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else? Gary. Thank you. This item does not have a public hearing attached, so we would

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entertain a motion. I'll make a motion. I move that the city of mckinney, texas city council

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approve this item as written and adopt the resolution described in this agenda item

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and authorize the use of of the power of eminent domain to acquire for public use the

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necessary property interest from the mckinney gateway condominium association, inc,

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identified as the owner of record by the amended and restated condominium

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declaration for the mckinney gateway condo condominium filed 0627, 2013 and is recorded as

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document number 20130627000895180. Real property records collin county,

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texas, and any other persons or entities claiming an interest to the property depicted on and

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described by metes and bounds attached to said resolution. Said depiction and description

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be incorporated in its entirety into this motion for all purposes, including the

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construction, access and maintenance of infrastructure improvements located within the

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northwest northeast quadrant of us 75 and spur 399 associated with the mckinney amphitheater

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improvements project. I'll. Second. We have a motion by councilman franklin, second by

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councilman. Any discussion? Anyone need the motion repeated. We have a motion and a second.

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no discussion. Please cast your vote. Roll call. Vote roll call. Correct. Council member bella.

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yes. Council member. Claudia. Yes. Mayor pro tem feltus. Yes. Council member. Franklin. Yes.

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council member jones. Yes. Mayor oakes. Yes. Council member. Lynch. Yes. This motion

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carries by a vote of seven in favor and zero against mr. Graham. Thank you. Next item is

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26-001. Sup two a public hearing to consider a specific use permit for a drive through

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restaurant. This is 8360 west university drive. Mr. Riley. Thank you mayor and council.

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good evening. My name is lucas riley. I'm the director of planning. This is our first

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item that I have for your consideration tonight. It is a specific use permit for a. And

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I'm going to make sure this is on. Drive through. Located just north of 380, also known as

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university drive. This is just north of the new whole foods development that you heard

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about earlier. The reason that this drive through restaurant requires an s, u, p is for an

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ordinance change that was made last year to require any speaker boxes within 250ft of a

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residential use or zone to require that specific use permit. In this case, the

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speaker box is 165ft approximately from the residential property line and

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200ft from the nearest home. However, in between that speaker box and the residential

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property are two office buildings that are screening that speaker box, effectively

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screening those from the residential adjacent property, which is located in our etj

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staff is recommending approval due to the existence of those two buildings between the

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speaker box and the adjacent single family residence, and p and z recommended unanimously

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that approval. I'll stand for any questions, lucas. I think smarter minds than me have

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thought this through. But you know, the widening of 380 that is going to happen there. The

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the land they're going to be taken to is from the north. So I'm guessing that these guys

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are hitting the puck, seeing the puck where it's going. And this will be okay after the

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expansion of 380, is that your sense? Yes. That's correct. You can kind of see that horizontal

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driveway east west across the property. That's going to kind of be the new access road. Okay.

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whereas currently 380 is all the way down. Yes, sir. Large area that's going to be taken

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up with that right away. Thank you. Could you highlight that? Yes. Annotate that so everyone

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can see what we're talking about. This area will all be taken up by that 380 right away.

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the restaurant has its drive through. I think the speaker box is about right here. But

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then there's these two office buildings between the speaker box and the single side. Other

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questions anyone comments? Lucas, thank you very much. This is a public hearing. I'm

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sorry. Is our applicant here? Lucas. Yes. Yeah. Good evening. My name is alex trimble with

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quiddity. Engineering address is 7413 eastwick avenue, mckinney, texas, 75071. I'm

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really I don't have a presentation. I'm really just here. If there's any questions for for us on the applicant side. So I'm the civil engineer for the project. So questions

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like that about the right of way stuff I can answer for sure. Do we have an occupant on this

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thing? Do we know do we know what it's going to be? Do we have a potential occupant? They

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do. I don't think it's locked in yet. It's a better question for the actual developer. He's

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not here tonight, but they do have someone leasing that they think they're going to come to

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an agreement with for that end cap. It'll it's definitely a restaurant. I don't think it's

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going to be like a coffee type drive through. I think it's going to be leaning right now

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towards a restaurant. Okay. Yeah. Any other questions of the applicant? Thank you. We

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appreciate you being here. This is a public hearing item. Come tonight. If you here would like

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to weigh in on this proposed s u p for a restaurant on highway 380, please come to the podium.

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not seeing anyone, mr. Mayor? I'll move that. We close the public hearing and approve the item. I'll second have a motion by councilman claudia to close the public hearing and approve

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the item as per staff recommendations. Second, by councilman jones. Is there any

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discussion? Please cast your vote. After that. Motion carries by a vote of seven in

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favor and zero against. That item has been approved. The next item is 26-001a and

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26-0014z. Public hearing to consider a petition to annex and request the zoning of the

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subject property to ag. This is track two of the calvin bowles survey. Mr. Reilly all right.

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good evening. So tonight I'm going to kind of preference a series of zoning cases, zoning

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and annexation cases that we have before you. We have eight cases. Seven of those cases are

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all in a similar situation. Back in 2016, the city of mckinney entered into pre

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annexation agreements with the property owners of those seven tracks. Those pre annexation

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agreements said that the property would not be annexed for a period of five years,

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with an automatic extension of five years. The last of those came due in the month of

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february. And so this is something that the city of mckinney did. Last year. We had

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two pre annexation agreements that terminated their ten year period last year. This year we

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have seven of them. There's actually a few more that currently the edc is working

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with a couple property owners that we're waiting on. But these seven, those pre

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annexation agreements did expire. And so you'll see several of those cases tonight.

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but I wanted to kind of give some of the background to that. So we view those as a voluntary

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annexation. And we're following the same process as we did last year. But I'll be happy to answer any questions as we get into them. So all of the seven cases that follow that

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annexation situation that I just described are in the southeast portion of the city

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of mckinney, just southeast of the airport. This is the first property you can kind of see on

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our comprehensive plan what those place types are mostly industrial area and more

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homestead residential down there. This is a map showing all seven of those properties.

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as you can see, they're all within roughly the same region. You can see the future 399

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there in the north west corner of this map. But the first property here is located right

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here. And I switch over to this map. I can't remember exactly which road this is. Sorry about

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that. It's the calvin bowles tract here, and I know that there's a road coming here in

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the future that's going to kind of cut through. I think it's the future. 546 and so this is

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the first one that we're bringing in, and the recommendation is to zone this

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agriculture. And so several of these were recommending that we just bring them in. We zone

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them agriculture as they're developed. In the future, they'll have to come back and work with us to determine exactly what zoning district best fits their use. Some of

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the other ones we've recommended zoning districts that match our use types, such

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as the light industrial that we see in this area. For this tract. Our recommendation is

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that we annex bring it in with an ag use. Lucas, I'm seeing on this one and this is 15 a and

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17 six z right. It says r5 on this. So are we not requesting am I on the wrong? I am on the

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wrong thing. I'm sorry I skipped one so never mind. Yeah, this is o1a and 14 z. Got it.

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and so this one's ten acres. You'll see there's adjacent parcels that are that'll be

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coming in right with these. Right. But we, we split these cases up into the agreements

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that go along with them. P and z did recommend approval unanimously for all of these

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zoning and annexation cases. Lucas said the pnc meeting, one of the property owners was

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asking about their taxing designation coming in as ag, they get to stay as ag. They're

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not taxed as a different. That's exactly right. The county uses the land use

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designation. Even if we were to zone them something different, the land use, they still get to

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have that agricultural exemption as long as they follow the regulatory

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requirements to meet that. In my experience, there may be an increase in that tax bill, but

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it'll be hundreds, not thousands. Yeah, I assume since they weren't here that they got

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that all, they figured that out. That's right. And I think they were actually leasers lessors

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of the land. Yeah. I think I think the owner and the lessor were both here. Yes. Okay.

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other questions? Anyone? Lucas. There's no letter of intent attached to. We have an

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applicant here or so the city is the applicant for all of these because of those

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agreements. And so it's not something that was initiated by the property owners. We're initiating it based on the expiration of those pre annexation agreements. Okay.

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perfect. Thank you. Absolutely. Appreciate it. This is a public hearing item. If you're here

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tonight, I would like to address the city council regarding this proposed

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annexation. Please come to the podium. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion. We close the

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public hearing and approve this item. Second motion by councilman franklin to close

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the public hearing and approve the item. As for staff recommendation and a second, a

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mayor pro tem any discussion, please cast your vote. Oh, that's my fault. Sorry about

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that.

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that motion carries by a vote of seven in favor and zero against. Our next item is

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26-0002a and 26-0015z. A public hearing to consider petition to annex the property and request

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a zoning case. Property from to ag. This is at 404601 county road. 317. Mr. Riley yes, so

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here we have the next in this series. This is a property directly adjacent to the last

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parcel. Same exact situation. This is approximately four acres. We are also recommending

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that this be annexed and zoned ag approval from p and z. I'll stand for any questions.

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questions? No one. Lucas. Thank you. This is a public hearing item. If you come tonight I

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would like to address city council regarding this proposed proposed annexation. Please

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come to the podium. Mr. Mayor. I'll make a motion that we close the public hearing and

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approve this item. I have a motion by mayor pro tem to close the public hearing and

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approve the item as per staff recommendation. Second. Second by councilman lynch. Is there

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any discussion? Please cast your vote. That motion carries by a vote of seven in favor and

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zero against. Our next item is 26-003a2 and 26-0016z. A public hearing to consider petition to

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annex and request the zoning of ag agricultural district. This is track five on the. Of the

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calvin survey. Mr. Riley all right. So for this portion right here, this is the third

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of three adjacent parcels. It's the remaining six acres of the calvin bowles tracks here, same

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as previous pnc recommended unanimous approval. And I'll stand for any questions.

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questions? None. All right, lucas, thank you. This is a public hearing to come tonight.

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I would like to address the city council regarding this proposed annexation. Please come to the podium. Seeing none, do we have a motion? I'll make another motion that we close

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this public hearing and approve this item. I'll second the motion by mayor pro tem feltz

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and a second by councilman claudia to close the public hearing and approve the items

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for staff recommendation. Is there any discussion? Yes, correct. Please cast your votes.

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that motion carries by a vote of seven in favor and zero against. Next item is 25-0015a

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and 25-0176. Yes. Capture that. Okay. 25-0176z. A public hearing to consider an

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annexation and request the zoning r five. This is south side of 1461 2700ft west of

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county road 166. And please note that councilman franklin has recused himself from this

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conversation. All right, mr. Riley, just to break up the monotony, make sure that we all

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stay awake this evening. We threw in this rezoning case and annexation in the middle of our

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others. So this is the base track. It's almost as far away as you can get from our other

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annexation and zoning cases. We're going from the southeast to mckinney up to the northwest

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quadrant here. This is a property that is approximately 37 acres. And I'm clicking

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through here. It's in our suburban living place type. You can see that the property is

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located on lord howell parkway. And this is a property that's coming in. There is a letter of

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intent. The request was to annex and zone the property. One of our zoning districts,

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which is the r5 residential district. This meets all of our comprehensive plan goals for

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this area. It is very suitable with the adjacent highland lakes subdivision there, and so

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staff is recommending approval. P and z did also recommend approval of this rezone and

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annex request. Stand for any questions. And our applicant is here this evening as well. Okay.

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good. Is there any questions of staff? Anyone? Lucas. Thank you. Is there applicant here? Mr.

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mayor, members of the council. Randy howlett, 1700 redbud, suite 300 here in mckinney.

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here. On behalf of the applicant, we've worked with staff. We have negotiated,

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completed and executed the annexation and facilities agreement along with the

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service plan. We're in agreement with everything with what staff has reported and

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would request your favorable approval. I'll be glad to answer any questions. Questions

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of the applicant. Mr. Thank you. We appreciate you being here. This item does have a public

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hearing component. If you're here tonight and would like to address the city council

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regarding this proposed annexation and zoning request, please come to the podium.

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seeing none, mr. Mayor, I'll move that we close the public hearing and approve the item.

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I'll second have a motion by councilman claudia to close the public hearing and approve the

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item as per staff recommendation seconded by mayor pro tem. Is there any

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discussion? Please cast your vote.

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that motion carries by a vote of six in favor and zero against. That item has been

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approved. Next item is 26-000 for a and 26-0017z. Public hearing to consider annex.

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request to annex and zone property to l one light industrial c two local

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commercial and r 12. This is a property on fm 546 2100ft west of county road. 324 mr. Reilly

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all right. So this is another one of our pre annexation cases, this being the largest tract of

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all of those being considered this evening. You'll notice this one is not being

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recommended to be zoned agriculture. But we have actually worked with the

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property owner and their representative to go ahead and zone this property. Per the

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request of the property owner, and that is the mix of the I-1 light industrial district to

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the north of the future. Fm 546 and then on the south side of that will be kind of squaring

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off the adjacent c two local commercial and then zoning the remainder, the r 12 residential

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zoning district. And you can see that represented on the figure on your screen. Now p

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and z did recommend unanimous approval. And staff recommends the same stand for any

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questions. Mr. Mayor I think I might have to stand down on this. Okay. We've got mr.

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franklin recusing himself on this item also. Lucas. Thank you. Is there any any question

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for mr. Reilly? Anyone? Do we have an applicant? Yes we do. Okay. Is there applicant here?

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we don't have an applicant, but we have a representative if you have any questions for them.

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okay. There's someone in the crowd who represented the property owner. Okay. Yeah. And

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would have a need. No. Okay. Motions. I'll make a motion that we close the public. I'm

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sorry. Is this a public hearing? It is. Yeah. Okay. Why don't we have the public hearing before

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you close it? This item does have a public hearing component on it. If you're if you're here

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to address city council on this proposed annexation case, please come to the podium. None.

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I'll make a recommendation that we close the public hearing and approve this item. You have a

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motion by mayor pro tem to close the public hearing and approve the item as staff

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recommendation. Second, by councilman lynch, any discussion, please cast your

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vote. I said motion carries by a vote of six in favor and zero against. Next item is 26-0005a

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and 26-0018z. A public hearing to consider a petition to annex into zone a property to l one.

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this is at 3843 county road 317. Mr. Reilly all right continuing on with those pre annexation

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cases here we have this property which is approximately ten and a half acres located at

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3843 county road 317. Context maps. Again, just to give you an idea of the location, here's

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the subject property. Our recommendation in this case is for the property to be zoned

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light industrial. In accordance with our comprehensive plans, future land use designation.

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once again, p and z is recommended approval of this request. And so to staff. And

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I'll stand for any questions. Thank you, mr. Riley. Any questions? All right. Motion.

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public hearing. This item does have a public hearing component. If you come tonight and would

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like to address the city council on this proposed annexation case on county road

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317, please come to the podium, mr. Mayor. I'll make a motion. We close the public hearing and

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approve this item. Have a motion by councilman franklin to close the public hearing and

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approve the item. As for staff recommendation. Second. Second by mayor pro tem feltz, is

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there any discussion? Please cast your vote. I said motion carries by a vote of seven in

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favor and zero against. That item has been approved. The next item 26-006a and 26-0019z.

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this is a public hearing to consider an annexation and zoning to ag. This is on the

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west side of fm 546 760ft west of county road. 324 mr. Riley all right. So our second to

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last one for consideration this evening. This property is approximately five acres in

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size. The request, similar to a couple of the original ones here, is that we annex the

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property and zone this agricultural. Once again, we think that this property. Once

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it's developed, at some point in the future, they'll come in and request the zoning

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designation that best fits their intended use. I'll stand for any questions. Thank you,

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mr. Riley. Any questions? Okay. Motions. Third time in a row, this item does have a public

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hearing component. Anyone here tonight that would like to address the city council regarding this proposed annexation? Please come to the podium. I'll make a motion that

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we close the public hearing and approve this item. I will second that. Mayor pro tem feltus close the public hearing and a second by councilman claudia. Any discussion, please

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cast your vote. That item carries. That motion has been approved by a vote of seven in

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favor and zero against. Next item 26-007a and 26-020020z. A public hearing to consider an

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annexation and zoning to l1 and ag. This is at 3908 county road 317. Mr. Riley all right. This

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is our ninth and final case of the evening. And when I get home, I get to tell my wife I

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got all my squats in. So this is located here on county road 317. And we are recommending

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that this property be zoned two different zoning districts to accommodate for the future. Fm.

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546 north of that, we feel that it's appropriate for the light industrial zoning, again, to

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match our comprehensive plan on the south side. We're going to leave that agricultural again

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so that the landowner can come in and talk with us about their intended use at the time of

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development. We recommend approval, and I'll stand for any questions. Questions?

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what's this? This is a public hearing item. If you're here tonight, I would like to

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address the city council regarding this proposed annexation. Please come to the podium. Mr. Mayor, I move that we close the public hearing and approve the item as presented

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by staff. Second, I have a motion by councilman claudia and a second by mayor pro tem

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to close the public hearing and approve the item as per staff recommendation. Is there any

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discussion? Please cast your vote. That motion carries by a vote of seven in favor and zero

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against. That concludes our public hearing portion of the program. Our next item will be

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the opportunity for anyone in the audience to address the city council on matters, not on

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the agenda. So the first card I have is jeff hall. Mr. Hall, maybe. Thank you, mr. Mayor.

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jeff hall, mckinney, texas council members. Mr. Mayor, thank you for the opportunity.

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and mr. Mayor, you were very gracious in approaching me earlier. I was not equally

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gracious. And for that I hope you'll accept my public apology. I do appreciate you. However, I

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am frustrated. So I'm here to provide some elucidation. You provided the proclamation

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recognizing ramadan during ramadan. You, after the fact, provided a proclamation

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regarding easter. You completely missed providing a proclamation for passover. To

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me, that comes across as pandering for votes. Now, I understand that your

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predecessor established the precedent, but I believe education is required. I

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implore all of you so that you no longer can plead ignorance. You can no longer plead

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plausible deniability. Read, digest and explanatory memorandum. We have something

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going on here that you need to be abundantly aware of. It's the islamization of north texas.

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it's like bankruptcy. It happens very slowly. And then all at once. We're not all at

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once yet. Don't help us get there. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Hall. Next card is ashley

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loudon. Good evening. Council. My name is ashley loudon and I am a resident of mckinney. Oh,

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and good evening, mayor. I apologize. I want to begin with something very clear. I fully

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support every individual's right to practice their religion freely. My concern is

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not religion. My concern is government remaining neutral. Recently, during a city council

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meeting, a prayer was led using the phrase our muslim faith in a government setting. That

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language matters because I am not muslim, I am a christian, and in that moment I was not

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represented. I was spoken for. This council is meant to represent all residents, not

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define them. So the question is simple who is our in a room that represents everyone? Now,

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within just a few weeks, this council has issued proclamations for both ramadan

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and easter. And that actually raises an even bigger concern, not less, because it forces the

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question, what is the standard? Is the city recognizing all religions equally, or is this

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happening without any clear policy at all? Because without a defined standard, recognition

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can quickly become alignment. And when government appears to align with any religion,

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including islam, it creates confusion about where representation ends and

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endorsement begins. If you are willing to accept or recognize parts of a religious legal

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framework, you cannot ignore the rest of it. Under that same legal framework, non-muslims

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are required to pay a tax simply based on their religious status. That is not something

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government should be anywhere near validating, interpreting or appearing to endorse. That

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is exactly why impartiality is not optional. It is necessary. So here is the question what

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formal policy is in place to ensure government impartiality and equal representation for

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all residents, regardless of belief? Because right now that line is not clear. Thank you

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and god bless you all. Thank you, miss loudon. Next speaker is deborah bradford. Good

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evening, mayor cox, and to all the city council. Our city manager, thank you for the

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opportunity to speak and address the council on behalf of new jerusalem baptist church.

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we wish to thank you, mayor cox, for the love that you've shown for all nationalities and

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religions. We appreciate you recognizing the muslim community, which is what we

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feel our lord would have us to do, and that is to show compassion. You, as a mayor for

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all citizens. So again, we say thank you. Also on behalf of the national association of

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real estate brokers, thank you for attending the community day. Mayor cox, mayor pro tem doctor

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feltz, city manager paul grimes, justin beller and also whose mother council person mike

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jones, thank you for your words of encouragement, your warm greeting, and for what you are

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doing in the realm of housing and affordable housing. We appreciate your stance and all

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that you do for the city of mckinney. God bless you. Thank you, miss bradford. You're

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welcome. Anyone else? All right. We will move to council. Comments, mr. Bellar. I don't

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have any, mr. Mayor. Thank you. Okay. I don't have any. This morning I had a great

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opportunity. It's a huge honor to be one of the speakers at the serenity high breakfast.

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serenity high, for those of you who don't know, was started by neil and lynn sperry, their

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mckinney greatness and. To help people graduate from high school who have had alcohol and

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drug problems. And they can't or maybe shouldn't matriculate in a normal high school. And

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they partner with me on this. You know, the serenity high's up there at mckinney north, and

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my tie today is a bit more fancy than what y'all have become accustomed to with me

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and what my wife is accustomed to. But that's because I was told that the color of serenity

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is purple. So that's what I wore. It's really courageous, amazing people there. And I

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want to give a little bit of a psa on it. The math with the states, with the state of texas

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now is that the funding follows the student. It doesn't stay in the isd. So if you know anybody

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who didn't get a high school degree, maybe they live in ana, maybe they live in plano or

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frisco or somewhere, and they want to get one. And they comport with the state rules,

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which is basically, I think under the age of 25. They can go through serenity high school

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and get that high school diploma. It's made a lot of difference to a lot of people.

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a couple years ago, there was a lady who came and spoke and she actually got her ph. D after

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getting her high school degree at serenity high. So redemption is powerful. God's powerful.

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and it was an amazing opportunity. Thank you, mr. Mayor. Councilman lynch,

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nothing. I had the opportunity last week to attend the mi special olympics. Great event.

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got to see all of our our our kids with special needs run and race and enjoy themselves. It

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was a great day. We also went to the groundbreaking of the amazing church here. This

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church has been here in mckinney for a long time and they finally had the

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opportunity to to purchase a building. And I think doctor felter spoke. Patrick spoke. It

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was a great event. And then also over easter, it was the first easter of my church, one

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community church here in mckinney. Great celebration. We had a packed house. It's one of

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the new, new, larger churches in mckinney. We're on the phase three, which are actually

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building an event center for the community, which will include pickleball courts,

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basketball courts and soccer fields. One community church is has eight locations now, and

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we're building another location here in north of mckinney and anna. So great opportunity for

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anybody that's looking for a church home to come to one community. I'll reiterate that

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I got a chance to serve with pastor derek golden on chief connolly's advisory council

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some years ago. So it's just so wonderful to see his continued investment in the people of

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mckinney. And amazing church looks amazing, and they have an amazing congregation, and they

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had an amazing, very spirit filled and uplifting service. So I'm just honored to have

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been invited and be a part of that. So thank you, pastor. Pastors golden. Also, we had

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the mckinney historic neighborhood association. I don't know if I mentioned this

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before, but we had the mckinney historic neighborhood association meeting, which

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councilman bella and I once a year, and we provide them an update. If you don't

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know about historic neighborhood association, those folks are very involved. They're here. They live downtown. So all of the things that happen in the downtown

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square impacts them. But they face some challenges that the rest of our city doesn't

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typically come across. I mean, it's an older part of the city aging infrastructure. So they

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are a great involved group, lots of great questions, but we're always happy to come in

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and speak with them. I also got a chance to sit on a panel for women's history month that was

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hosted by our very own assistant city manager, jennifer arnold. If you don't know her, you should. She's absolutely amazing. But it was a great event that was

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organized by staff. And so just wanted to say thank you for attending that. Got to sit on

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the panel with the first female firefighter of mckinney, which was awesome. And then lastly,

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just wanted to thank deborah and her crew over at the national association of real

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estate brokers for inviting us out and to speak on some issues that are very important about

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homeownership and wealth building and just preparing the next generation. So it was a

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great, informative event. I'm glad that the city of mckinney has been a partner with them,

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and so just wanted to thank staff for making sure that they stay involved as well. Thank

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you. It's been three weeks since we were together and a lot has happened in three weeks,

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and it sometimes seems like an eternity, so we have to get caught up on all of our reports.

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and as you can see, lots of activity, lots going on in mckinney, lots of opportunities

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for your council to be out and be visible, and also lots of opportunities for citizens to

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get involved. So I would encourage you to stay involved in whatever that looks like.

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just stay involved in whatever your version of, of being involved is. Thank you. Thank

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you, mr. Mayor. Just a couple of announcements. Speaking of a lot of things happening in our

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community this weekend is downtown. Mckinney will be hosting our annual arts and

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bloom festival. The event begins friday, april 10th. Features fine artists, live

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music, art demonstrations, texas wineries and food vendors. More information can be found

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in on the website arts in bloom, tx. Dot arts in bloom, tx.com. Also, we've entered the month

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of april and our water conservation recommendations have gone into effect, which means my monthly scold is in place for the next few months. I try to make these

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announcements. Water is important to us all. It's. It's expensive to have to produce

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and we always encourage our folks to limit the use of water as much as possible. So we

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encourage all residents to water their yards during the coolest part of the day. No

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watering between 10 a.m. And 6 p.m. From april 1st through october 31st. And it's. The

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water conservation recommendations are twice a week, the day of your garbage

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collection, and then three days later. For the latest details on our landscape water management plan, visit mckinney, texas.org/watersmart. And that's all I have, sir. Thank

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you, mr. City manager. Anyone else? We do not have executive session for mr. Hauser so we

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would entertain a motion to adjourn move motion a second to adjourn all those in. I'm sorry.

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mayor pro tem made the motion, and councilman cloutier seconded that motion to adjourn.

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all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Same sign,