Ernest. You're good. 6:05 p.m. Welcome to the city of mckinney city council meeting. Regular
meeting. It's tuesday, april the 7th, 2026. This is city council chambers. We'll call
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.
first order of business will be our invocation given by maureen dudley of the church of jesus
christ of latter day saints. Our dear heavenly father, we're so grateful that we could be
here tonight as a mckinney community. We are so thankful for this past weekend where we
were able to celebrate the resurrection of thy son, jesus christ, and all he has done for
us in our life. We ask thee to be with the members of the city council, the mayor, the staff,
and all other community workers that they may have thy guidance. They may have thy support, and
that they may be able to do the things that will make our community even better than it
is today. We are so grateful to live in this wonderful community. We are so grateful
for the friendly neighbors, for the blessings we receive through city services and
through the safety of our community. Please help us to reach out to others and to give
to others and to make our community even better. And we say these things in the name of
jesus christ. Amen, amen, amen. And our pledge tonight will be by the mckinney branch, members
of the boys and girls club of collin county.
and you guys lead us. Ready? Let's go. Pledge allegiance to the flag
of the united states of america. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thanks, guys.
okay. Thank you. Good evening. As we often do, we have proclamations to present at
this time. And tonight we have one, two, three, four, five, six proclamations. So bear with
me. I'll read through these and. We'll go do it that way first. Easter is a sacred and joyous
occasion celebrated by millions around the world, symbolizing hope, renewal, and the triumph
of life over death. This holy day holds deep spiritual significance within the
christian faith commemorating the resurrection of jesus christ and inspiring messages
of love, grace, and redemption. Easter also represents the arrival of spring, a season of
rebirth and new beginnings, reminding us of the beauty of growth, transformation, and
renewed purpose in our lives and communities. Families, friends, and neighbors come
together during this time to share traditions, exchange kindness, and strengthen bonds
through fellowship, service and celebration. The values reflected in easter compassion,
generosity, and unity serve as a guiding light for building stronger, more connected.
funerals. By the power vested in me as mayor of mckinney, texas. Texas, I do hereby
recognize the season of easter as a time of reflection, celebration and renewal,
encouraging all residents to observe this occasion in a spirit of hope, peace and
goodwill toward all. Our next proclamation. Children thrive in safe, stable, and nurturing
environments, though unfortunately, maltreatment is all too often significant, a
significant problem. The month of april is recognized as a time to spread awareness and
advocate for children and families victimized by child abuse. Child abuse affects
children from every background. Prevention is a shared responsibility of all community
members. As part of the commitment to end abuse. The collin county advocacy
children's center will host a gala on april the 11th, 2026 in frisco, texas, and will partner
with the frisco roughriders baseball team. On april 24th. Bullet blew out the riders
field for hope, healing and protecting children from abuse. Sunday, april 26th is a blue
sunday, a national day of prayer for abused children. By the power vested in me as the
mayor of mckinney, texas, I do proclaim april 2026 to be child abuse prevention month in
mckinney, texas. National community development week. The city of mckinney values housing
and community development, leveraging federal, state and local funding to enhance
quality of life. The month of april is dedicated to recognizing these efforts in
the city of. Mckinney. Joins the national community development association, the us
conference of mayors and the cdbg coalition to recognize national community development
week in the city of mckinney recognizes the beneficial impact of cdbg and home
programs in addressing important home service human service needs such as housing,
rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, child services, transportation and senior
services, fair housing and emergency rental assistance. The city of mckinney also
utilizes affordable housing, neighborhood and transit services to benefit our growing
community. To that effect, the city and community leaders will host the first mckinney
affordable housing summit on april the 13th to discuss solutions to the city's
workforce housing shortage. I, as mayor of mckinney, do hereby proclaim the period of april
6th to april 13th as national community development week and encourage all residents to
recognize community development programs and its important role in our community. Thank you.
mckinney wealth building community day. The city of mckinney is a community partner
for national wealth building community day. We recognize and encourage homeownership and
wealth building opportunities within our local community. Whereas, the national
association of real estate brokers in a r e b, launched initiatives to empower
underrepresented, upper underrepresented families with communities toward
homeownership, aiming to connect over 2 million mortgage ready renters with the
resources and information they need. The efforts of mckinney, the local chapter, the north
texas association of realtors and community leaders illustrate partnership and
action for housing, community development and economic empowerment. As mayor of
mckinney, I do proclaim april 18th as national wealth building day in mckinney,
urging all residents to participate in the april 18th activities and events organized
by nareb and its partners. Thank you. Two more. North texas community cleanup
challenge month trash and litter that finds its way into waterways poses a threat to
wildlife, the health of local water bodies, our community, residents and visitors, while
imposing significant costs on communities. With millions spent annually in texas on
cleanup and illegal dumping. Abatement the north texas community cleanup challenge.
thought you'd call an audible there for a minute. The north texas community cleanup
challenge aligns with and supports the goals of the greatest american cleanup and
encourages residents, businesses, community groups, and service organizations in
north central texas to participate in fighting the problem of litter throughout.
participation in a regional cleanup challenge to be held during the months of march
through may. And that's the longest sentence I've ever read. The city of mckinney hereby
declares its support for the north texas community cleanup challenge and its regional
initiatives, and will encourage community participation and promote the campaign to
increase engagement in litter cleanup activities. Power invested in me as mayor
mckinney, I do hereby proclaim the month of march through may 2026 as north texas community
cleanup challenge months. Thank you. Do we have a group with north texas community cleanup
here? On. Yeah. Okay. We'll do pictures when we get through about that. Alright. Earth
month. Earth day, observed annually on april 22nd, is a global event that highlights
the importance of protecting our planet and promoting environmental stewardship for
present and future generations. The 2026 earth day theme, our power, our planet, encourages
collective action to make smart energy and community commuting choices. Reducing plastic use,
conserving water and adopting sustainable practices in homes, businesses and communities.
residents in mckinney, texas, area demonstrate strong community pride through efforts
like recycling, litter cleanups, water conservation, protecting lake lavon lake watershed,
installing monarch waste stations, growing community gardens, constructing green
buildings, and supporting environmental education. The city of mckinney commends
schools, nonprofits, grassroots organizations, and community leaders who promote
environmental responsibility through education, restoration and service. As mayor mckinney,
I do hereby proclaim the month of april 2026 as earth month in mckinney, texas, and encourage
all residents to celebrate by taking meaningful action and supporting efforts to lead a
healthier, more sustainable future. Thank you. Okay, earth month pictures. Anyone?
remember that, greg smith? Oh yeah. The guy on the left. Oh, right. He's a great guy. Great.
okay. Pictures for north texas community cleanup challenge. Anyone?
here from n a r e b? So my question. Excuse me. Ceasefire. 123 and loud right
now. National community development week. You're back. Really? Child abuse prevention
month. Okay. No putting anything.
condition recognition of easter. Anyone?
okay. Next item will be the public comments on agenda items that
do not have a public hearing attached. If you're here and would like to address the
council regarding an agenda item, don't have anybody signed up for that. There will be
another opportunity later in the program for comments related to non-agenda items.
all right. We will now move to our consent agenda. We have any. Motions, pull downs, anyone?
mr. Mayor, I move that we approve the consent agenda as presented by staff. Second,
have a motion by council and a second by mayor pro tem feltus to approve the consent agenda.
that's item 26-0259. Through and including 26-0273. Any discussion, please cast your
vote. That motion carries by vote of seven in favor, zero against. The consent agenda has
been approved. We'll now move to our public hearing items and regular agenda. First item is
260274. Consider an adoption of a resolution determining a public necessity to acquire
certain easement rights for public use by eminent domain. Mr. Graham thank you. Mayor.
members of the city council. I'm harry graham, director of engineering. So this is another
eminent domain request from staff for the venue project. This is related to the the
property where the sheraton hotel is located. It's for a temporary construction easement.
it's 0.082 acres. And what we're doing is we're widening the sidewalk on the south side
of of gateway boulevard. And so we're, you know, need a temporary construction easement
to construct that widened sidewalk. So we ask for your support on this, this eminent
domain case. And as with all eminent domain cases, we acquisitions that for eminent
domain cases, the city follows state law when acquiring property, the city first
obtains an appraisal. Determine the fair market value of the. Of the taking of the
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
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
the property, the city has the authority to use eminent domain during the eminent domain
process, the collin county commissioners appoint a set of three special commissioners
that consist of three people, both the city and the property owner make to the special
commissioners and the special commissioners determine the value of the acquisition is.
the domain is not a taking of the land, it's just a legal process to determine what the
fair market value. And so compensation can be made. So public use can be performed on
the property. So with that happy to take any questions. Gary. So my understanding is
just to summarize, it is this is a request for possible eminent domain, but we're still
negotiating with the sheraton or the people who own it as to being able to get on there
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,
but with a wider sidewalk. Is that fair to say? Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you sir. Anyone
else? Gary. Thank you. This item does not have a public hearing attached, so we would
entertain a motion. I'll make a motion. I move that the city of mckinney, texas city council
approve this item as written and adopt the resolution described in this agenda item
and authorize the use of of the power of eminent domain to acquire for public use the
necessary property interest from the mckinney gateway condominium association, inc,
identified as the owner of record by the amended and restated condominium
declaration for the mckinney gateway condo condominium filed 0627, 2013 and is recorded as
document number 20130627000895180. Real property records collin county,
texas, and any other persons or entities claiming an interest to the property depicted on and
described by metes and bounds attached to said resolution. Said depiction and description
be incorporated in its entirety into this motion for all purposes, including the
construction, access and maintenance of infrastructure improvements located within the
northwest northeast quadrant of us 75 and spur 399 associated with the mckinney amphitheater
improvements project. I'll. Second. We have a motion by councilman franklin, second by
councilman. Any discussion? Anyone need the motion repeated. We have a motion and a second.
no discussion. Please cast your vote. Roll call. Vote roll call. Correct. Council member bella.
yes. Council member. Claudia. Yes. Mayor pro tem feltus. Yes. Council member. Franklin. Yes.
council member jones. Yes. Mayor oakes. Yes. Council member. Lynch. Yes. This motion
carries by a vote of seven in favor and zero against mr. Graham. Thank you. Next item is
26-001. Sup two a public hearing to consider a specific use permit for a drive through
restaurant. This is 8360 west university drive. Mr. Riley. Thank you mayor and council.
good evening. My name is lucas riley. I'm the director of planning. This is our first
item that I have for your consideration tonight. It is a specific use permit for a. And
I'm going to make sure this is on. Drive through. Located just north of 380, also known as
university drive. This is just north of the new whole foods development that you heard
about earlier. The reason that this drive through restaurant requires an s, u, p is for an
ordinance change that was made last year to require any speaker boxes within 250ft of a
residential use or zone to require that specific use permit. In this case, the
speaker box is 165ft approximately from the residential property line and
200ft from the nearest home. However, in between that speaker box and the residential
property are two office buildings that are screening that speaker box, effectively
screening those from the residential adjacent property, which is located in our etj
staff is recommending approval due to the existence of those two buildings between the
speaker box and the adjacent single family residence, and p and z recommended unanimously
that approval. I'll stand for any questions, lucas. I think smarter minds than me have
thought this through. But you know, the widening of 380 that is going to happen there. The
the land they're going to be taken to is from the north. So I'm guessing that these guys
are hitting the puck, seeing the puck where it's going. And this will be okay after the
expansion of 380, is that your sense? Yes. That's correct. You can kind of see that horizontal
driveway east west across the property. That's going to kind of be the new access road. Okay.
whereas currently 380 is all the way down. Yes, sir. Large area that's going to be taken
up with that right away. Thank you. Could you highlight that? Yes. Annotate that so everyone
can see what we're talking about. This area will all be taken up by that 380 right away.
the restaurant has its drive through. I think the speaker box is about right here. But
then there's these two office buildings between the speaker box and the single side. Other
questions anyone comments? Lucas, thank you very much. This is a public hearing. I'm
sorry. Is our applicant here? Lucas. Yes. Yeah. Good evening. My name is alex trimble with
quiddity. Engineering address is 7413 eastwick avenue, mckinney, texas, 75071. I'm
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
like that about the right of way stuff I can answer for sure. Do we have an occupant on this
thing? Do we know do we know what it's going to be? Do we have a potential occupant? They
do. I don't think it's locked in yet. It's a better question for the actual developer. He's
not here tonight, but they do have someone leasing that they think they're going to come to
an agreement with for that end cap. It'll it's definitely a restaurant. I don't think it's
going to be like a coffee type drive through. I think it's going to be leaning right now
towards a restaurant. Okay. Yeah. Any other questions of the applicant? Thank you. We
appreciate you being here. This is a public hearing item. Come tonight. If you here would like
to weigh in on this proposed s u p for a restaurant on highway 380, please come to the podium.
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
the item as per staff recommendations. Second, by councilman jones. Is there any
discussion? Please cast your vote. After that. Motion carries by a vote of seven in
favor and zero against. That item has been approved. The next item is 26-001a and
26-0014z. Public hearing to consider a petition to annex and request the zoning of the
subject property to ag. This is track two of the calvin bowles survey. Mr. Reilly all right.
good evening. So tonight I'm going to kind of preference a series of zoning cases, zoning
and annexation cases that we have before you. We have eight cases. Seven of those cases are
all in a similar situation. Back in 2016, the city of mckinney entered into pre
annexation agreements with the property owners of those seven tracks. Those pre annexation
agreements said that the property would not be annexed for a period of five years,
with an automatic extension of five years. The last of those came due in the month of
february. And so this is something that the city of mckinney did. Last year. We had
two pre annexation agreements that terminated their ten year period last year. This year we
have seven of them. There's actually a few more that currently the edc is working
with a couple property owners that we're waiting on. But these seven, those pre
annexation agreements did expire. And so you'll see several of those cases tonight.
but I wanted to kind of give some of the background to that. So we view those as a voluntary
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
annexation situation that I just described are in the southeast portion of the city
of mckinney, just southeast of the airport. This is the first property you can kind of see on
our comprehensive plan what those place types are mostly industrial area and more
homestead residential down there. This is a map showing all seven of those properties.
as you can see, they're all within roughly the same region. You can see the future 399
there in the north west corner of this map. But the first property here is located right
here. And I switch over to this map. I can't remember exactly which road this is. Sorry about
that. It's the calvin bowles tract here, and I know that there's a road coming here in
the future that's going to kind of cut through. I think it's the future. 546 and so this is
the first one that we're bringing in, and the recommendation is to zone this
agriculture. And so several of these were recommending that we just bring them in. We zone
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
the other ones we've recommended zoning districts that match our use types, such
as the light industrial that we see in this area. For this tract. Our recommendation is
that we annex bring it in with an ag use. Lucas, I'm seeing on this one and this is 15 a and
17 six z right. It says r5 on this. So are we not requesting am I on the wrong? I am on the
wrong thing. I'm sorry I skipped one so never mind. Yeah, this is o1a and 14 z. Got it.
and so this one's ten acres. You'll see there's adjacent parcels that are that'll be
coming in right with these. Right. But we, we split these cases up into the agreements
that go along with them. P and z did recommend approval unanimously for all of these
zoning and annexation cases. Lucas said the pnc meeting, one of the property owners was
asking about their taxing designation coming in as ag, they get to stay as ag. They're
not taxed as a different. That's exactly right. The county uses the land use
designation. Even if we were to zone them something different, the land use, they still get to
have that agricultural exemption as long as they follow the regulatory
requirements to meet that. In my experience, there may be an increase in that tax bill, but
it'll be hundreds, not thousands. Yeah, I assume since they weren't here that they got
that all, they figured that out. That's right. And I think they were actually leasers lessors
of the land. Yeah. I think I think the owner and the lessor were both here. Yes. Okay.
other questions? Anyone? Lucas. There's no letter of intent attached to. We have an
applicant here or so the city is the applicant for all of these because of those
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.
perfect. Thank you. Absolutely. Appreciate it. This is a public hearing item. If you're here
tonight, I would like to address the city council regarding this proposed
annexation. Please come to the podium. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion. We close the
public hearing and approve this item. Second motion by councilman franklin to close
the public hearing and approve the item. As for staff recommendation and a second, a
mayor pro tem any discussion, please cast your vote. Oh, that's my fault. Sorry about
that.
that motion carries by a vote of seven in favor and zero against. Our next item is
26-0002a and 26-0015z. A public hearing to consider petition to annex the property and request
a zoning case. Property from to ag. This is at 404601 county road. 317. Mr. Riley yes, so
here we have the next in this series. This is a property directly adjacent to the last
parcel. Same exact situation. This is approximately four acres. We are also recommending
that this be annexed and zoned ag approval from p and z. I'll stand for any questions.
questions? No one. Lucas. Thank you. This is a public hearing item. If you come tonight I
would like to address city council regarding this proposed proposed annexation. Please
come to the podium. Mr. Mayor. I'll make a motion that we close the public hearing and
approve this item. I have a motion by mayor pro tem to close the public hearing and
approve the item as per staff recommendation. Second. Second by councilman lynch. Is there
any discussion? Please cast your vote. That motion carries by a vote of seven in favor and
zero against. Our next item is 26-003a2 and 26-0016z. A public hearing to consider petition to
annex and request the zoning of ag agricultural district. This is track five on the. Of the
calvin survey. Mr. Riley all right. So for this portion right here, this is the third
of three adjacent parcels. It's the remaining six acres of the calvin bowles tracks here, same
as previous pnc recommended unanimous approval. And I'll stand for any questions.
questions? None. All right, lucas, thank you. This is a public hearing to come tonight.
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
this public hearing and approve this item. I'll second the motion by mayor pro tem feltz
and a second by councilman claudia to close the public hearing and approve the items
for staff recommendation. Is there any discussion? Yes, correct. Please cast your votes.
that motion carries by a vote of seven in favor and zero against. Next item is 25-0015a
and 25-0176. Yes. Capture that. Okay. 25-0176z. A public hearing to consider an
annexation and request the zoning r five. This is south side of 1461 2700ft west of
county road 166. And please note that councilman franklin has recused himself from this
conversation. All right, mr. Riley, just to break up the monotony, make sure that we all
stay awake this evening. We threw in this rezoning case and annexation in the middle of our
others. So this is the base track. It's almost as far away as you can get from our other
annexation and zoning cases. We're going from the southeast to mckinney up to the northwest
quadrant here. This is a property that is approximately 37 acres. And I'm clicking
through here. It's in our suburban living place type. You can see that the property is
located on lord howell parkway. And this is a property that's coming in. There is a letter of
intent. The request was to annex and zone the property. One of our zoning districts,
which is the r5 residential district. This meets all of our comprehensive plan goals for
this area. It is very suitable with the adjacent highland lakes subdivision there, and so
staff is recommending approval. P and z did also recommend approval of this rezone and
annex request. Stand for any questions. And our applicant is here this evening as well. Okay.
good. Is there any questions of staff? Anyone? Lucas. Thank you. Is there applicant here? Mr.
mayor, members of the council. Randy howlett, 1700 redbud, suite 300 here in mckinney.
here. On behalf of the applicant, we've worked with staff. We have negotiated,
completed and executed the annexation and facilities agreement along with the
service plan. We're in agreement with everything with what staff has reported and
would request your favorable approval. I'll be glad to answer any questions. Questions
of the applicant. Mr. Thank you. We appreciate you being here. This item does have a public
hearing component. If you're here tonight and would like to address the city council
regarding this proposed annexation and zoning request, please come to the podium.
seeing none, 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 the
item as per staff recommendation seconded by mayor pro tem. Is there any
discussion? Please cast your vote.
that motion carries by a vote of six in favor and zero against. That item has been
approved. Next item is 26-000 for a and 26-0017z. Public hearing to consider annex.
request to annex and zone property to l one light industrial c two local
commercial and r 12. This is a property on fm 546 2100ft west of county road. 324 mr. Reilly
all right. So this is another one of our pre annexation cases, this being the largest tract of
all of those being considered this evening. You'll notice this one is not being
recommended to be zoned agriculture. But we have actually worked with the
property owner and their representative to go ahead and zone this property. Per the
request of the property owner, and that is the mix of the I-1 light industrial district to
the north of the future. Fm 546 and then on the south side of that will be kind of squaring
off the adjacent c two local commercial and then zoning the remainder, the r 12 residential
zoning district. And you can see that represented on the figure on your screen. Now p
and z did recommend unanimous approval. And staff recommends the same stand for any
questions. Mr. Mayor I think I might have to stand down on this. Okay. We've got mr.
franklin recusing himself on this item also. Lucas. Thank you. Is there any any question
for mr. Reilly? Anyone? Do we have an applicant? Yes we do. Okay. Is there applicant here?
we don't have an applicant, but we have a representative if you have any questions for them.
okay. There's someone in the crowd who represented the property owner. Okay. Yeah. And
would have a need. No. Okay. Motions. I'll make a motion that we close the public. I'm
sorry. Is this a public hearing? It is. Yeah. Okay. Why don't we have the public hearing before
you close it? This item does have a public hearing component on it. If you're if you're here
to address city council on this proposed annexation case, please come to the podium. None.
I'll make a recommendation that we close the public hearing and approve this item. You have a
motion by mayor pro tem to close the public hearing and approve the item as staff
recommendation. Second, by councilman lynch, any discussion, please cast your
vote. I said motion carries by a vote of six in favor and zero against. Next item is 26-0005a
and 26-0018z. A public hearing to consider a petition to annex into zone a property to l one.
this is at 3843 county road 317. Mr. Reilly all right continuing on with those pre annexation
cases here we have this property which is approximately ten and a half acres located at
3843 county road 317. Context maps. Again, just to give you an idea of the location, here's
the subject property. Our recommendation in this case is for the property to be zoned
light industrial. In accordance with our comprehensive plans, future land use designation.
once again, p and z is recommended approval of this request. And so to staff. And
I'll stand for any questions. Thank you, mr. Riley. Any questions? All right. Motion.
public hearing. This item does have a public hearing component. If you come tonight and would
like to address the city council on this proposed annexation case on county road
317, please come to the podium, mr. Mayor. I'll make a motion. We close the public hearing and
approve this item. Have a motion by councilman franklin to close the public hearing and
approve the item. As for staff recommendation. Second. Second by mayor pro tem feltz, is
there any discussion? Please cast your vote. I said motion carries by a vote of seven in
favor and zero against. That item has been approved. The next item 26-006a and 26-0019z.
this is a public hearing to consider an annexation and zoning to ag. This is on the
west side of fm 546 760ft west of county road. 324 mr. Riley all right. So our second to
last one for consideration this evening. This property is approximately five acres in
size. The request, similar to a couple of the original ones here, is that we annex the
property and zone this agricultural. Once again, we think that this property. Once
it's developed, at some point in the future, they'll come in and request the zoning
designation that best fits their intended use. I'll stand for any questions. Thank you,
mr. Riley. Any questions? Okay. Motions. Third time in a row, this item does have a public
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
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
cast your vote. That item carries. That motion has been approved by a vote of seven in
favor and zero against. Next item 26-007a and 26-020020z. A public hearing to consider an
annexation and zoning to l1 and ag. This is at 3908 county road 317. Mr. Riley all right. This
is our ninth and final case of the evening. And when I get home, I get to tell my wife I
got all my squats in. So this is located here on county road 317. And we are recommending
that this property be zoned two different zoning districts to accommodate for the future. Fm.
546 north of that, we feel that it's appropriate for the light industrial zoning, again, to
match our comprehensive plan on the south side. We're going to leave that agricultural again
so that the landowner can come in and talk with us about their intended use at the time of
development. We recommend approval, and I'll stand for any questions. Questions?
what's this? This is a public hearing item. If you're here tonight, I would like to
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
by staff. Second, I have a motion by councilman claudia and a second by mayor pro tem
to close the public hearing and approve the item as per staff recommendation. Is there any
discussion? Please cast your vote. That motion carries by a vote of seven in favor and zero
against. That concludes our public hearing portion of the program. Our next item will be
the opportunity for anyone in the audience to address the city council on matters, not on
the agenda. So the first card I have is jeff hall. Mr. Hall, maybe. Thank you, mr. Mayor.
jeff hall, mckinney, texas council members. Mr. Mayor, thank you for the opportunity.
and mr. Mayor, you were very gracious in approaching me earlier. I was not equally
gracious. And for that I hope you'll accept my public apology. I do appreciate you. However, I
am frustrated. So I'm here to provide some elucidation. You provided the proclamation
recognizing ramadan during ramadan. You, after the fact, provided a proclamation
regarding easter. You completely missed providing a proclamation for passover. To
me, that comes across as pandering for votes. Now, I understand that your
predecessor established the precedent, but I believe education is required. I
implore all of you so that you no longer can plead ignorance. You can no longer plead
plausible deniability. Read, digest and explanatory memorandum. We have something
going on here that you need to be abundantly aware of. It's the islamization of north texas.
it's like bankruptcy. It happens very slowly. And then all at once. We're not all at
once yet. Don't help us get there. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Hall. Next card is ashley
loudon. Good evening. Council. My name is ashley loudon and I am a resident of mckinney. Oh,
and good evening, mayor. I apologize. I want to begin with something very clear. I fully
support every individual's right to practice their religion freely. My concern is
not religion. My concern is government remaining neutral. Recently, during a city council
meeting, a prayer was led using the phrase our muslim faith in a government setting. That
language matters because I am not muslim, I am a christian, and in that moment I was not
represented. I was spoken for. This council is meant to represent all residents, not
define them. So the question is simple who is our in a room that represents everyone? Now,
within just a few weeks, this council has issued proclamations for both ramadan
and easter. And that actually raises an even bigger concern, not less, because it forces the
question, what is the standard? Is the city recognizing all religions equally, or is this
happening without any clear policy at all? Because without a defined standard, recognition
can quickly become alignment. And when government appears to align with any religion,
including islam, it creates confusion about where representation ends and
endorsement begins. If you are willing to accept or recognize parts of a religious legal
framework, you cannot ignore the rest of it. Under that same legal framework, non-muslims
are required to pay a tax simply based on their religious status. That is not something
government should be anywhere near validating, interpreting or appearing to endorse. That
is exactly why impartiality is not optional. It is necessary. So here is the question what
formal policy is in place to ensure government impartiality and equal representation for
all residents, regardless of belief? Because right now that line is not clear. Thank you
and god bless you all. Thank you, miss loudon. Next speaker is deborah bradford. Good
evening, mayor cox, and to all the city council. Our city manager, thank you for the
opportunity to speak and address the council on behalf of new jerusalem baptist church.
we wish to thank you, mayor cox, for the love that you've shown for all nationalities and
religions. We appreciate you recognizing the muslim community, which is what we
feel our lord would have us to do, and that is to show compassion. You, as a mayor for
all citizens. So again, we say thank you. Also on behalf of the national association of
real estate brokers, thank you for attending the community day. Mayor cox, mayor pro tem doctor
feltz, city manager paul grimes, justin beller and also whose mother council person mike
jones, thank you for your words of encouragement, your warm greeting, and for what you are
doing in the realm of housing and affordable housing. We appreciate your stance and all
that you do for the city of mckinney. God bless you. Thank you, miss bradford. You're
welcome. Anyone else? All right. We will move to council. Comments, mr. Bellar. I don't
have any, mr. Mayor. Thank you. Okay. I don't have any. This morning I had a great
opportunity. It's a huge honor to be one of the speakers at the serenity high breakfast.
serenity high, for those of you who don't know, was started by neil and lynn sperry, their
mckinney greatness and. To help people graduate from high school who have had alcohol and
drug problems. And they can't or maybe shouldn't matriculate in a normal high school. And
they partner with me on this. You know, the serenity high's up there at mckinney north, and
my tie today is a bit more fancy than what y'all have become accustomed to with me
and what my wife is accustomed to. But that's because I was told that the color of serenity
is purple. So that's what I wore. It's really courageous, amazing people there. And I
want to give a little bit of a psa on it. The math with the states, with the state of texas
now is that the funding follows the student. It doesn't stay in the isd. So if you know anybody
who didn't get a high school degree, maybe they live in ana, maybe they live in plano or
frisco or somewhere, and they want to get one. And they comport with the state rules,
which is basically, I think under the age of 25. They can go through serenity high school
and get that high school diploma. It's made a lot of difference to a lot of people.
a couple years ago, there was a lady who came and spoke and she actually got her ph. D after
getting her high school degree at serenity high. So redemption is powerful. God's powerful.
and it was an amazing opportunity. Thank you, mr. Mayor. Councilman lynch,
nothing. I had the opportunity last week to attend the mi special olympics. Great event.
got to see all of our our our kids with special needs run and race and enjoy themselves. It
was a great day. We also went to the groundbreaking of the amazing church here. This
church has been here in mckinney for a long time and they finally had the
opportunity to to purchase a building. And I think doctor felter spoke. Patrick spoke. It
was a great event. And then also over easter, it was the first easter of my church, one
community church here in mckinney. Great celebration. We had a packed house. It's one of
the new, new, larger churches in mckinney. We're on the phase three, which are actually
building an event center for the community, which will include pickleball courts,
basketball courts and soccer fields. One community church is has eight locations now, and
we're building another location here in north of mckinney and anna. So great opportunity for
anybody that's looking for a church home to come to one community. I'll reiterate that
I got a chance to serve with pastor derek golden on chief connolly's advisory council
some years ago. So it's just so wonderful to see his continued investment in the people of
mckinney. And amazing church looks amazing, and they have an amazing congregation, and they
had an amazing, very spirit filled and uplifting service. So I'm just honored to have
been invited and be a part of that. So thank you, pastor. Pastors golden. Also, we had
the mckinney historic neighborhood association. I don't know if I mentioned this
before, but we had the mckinney historic neighborhood association meeting, which
councilman bella and I once a year, and we provide them an update. If you don't
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
square impacts them. But they face some challenges that the rest of our city doesn't
typically come across. I mean, it's an older part of the city aging infrastructure. So they
are a great involved group, lots of great questions, but we're always happy to come in
and speak with them. I also got a chance to sit on a panel for women's history month that was
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
organized by staff. And so just wanted to say thank you for attending that. Got to sit on
the panel with the first female firefighter of mckinney, which was awesome. And then lastly,
just wanted to thank deborah and her crew over at the national association of real
estate brokers for inviting us out and to speak on some issues that are very important about
homeownership and wealth building and just preparing the next generation. So it was a
great, informative event. I'm glad that the city of mckinney has been a partner with them,
and so just wanted to thank staff for making sure that they stay involved as well. Thank
you. It's been three weeks since we were together and a lot has happened in three weeks,
and it sometimes seems like an eternity, so we have to get caught up on all of our reports.
and as you can see, lots of activity, lots going on in mckinney, lots of opportunities
for your council to be out and be visible, and also lots of opportunities for citizens to
get involved. So I would encourage you to stay involved in whatever that looks like.
just stay involved in whatever your version of, of being involved is. Thank you. Thank
you, mr. Mayor. Just a couple of announcements. Speaking of a lot of things happening in our
community this weekend is downtown. Mckinney will be hosting our annual arts and
bloom festival. The event begins friday, april 10th. Features fine artists, live
music, art demonstrations, texas wineries and food vendors. More information can be found
in on the website arts in bloom, tx. Dot arts in bloom, tx.com. Also, we've entered the month
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
announcements. Water is important to us all. It's. It's expensive to have to produce
and we always encourage our folks to limit the use of water as much as possible. So we
encourage all residents to water their yards during the coolest part of the day. No
watering between 10 a.m. And 6 p.m. From april 1st through october 31st. And it's. The
water conservation recommendations are twice a week, the day of your garbage
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
you, mr. City manager. Anyone else? We do not have executive session for mr. Hauser so we
would entertain a motion to adjourn move motion a second to adjourn all those in. I'm sorry.
mayor pro tem made the motion, and councilman cloutier seconded that motion to adjourn.
all those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Same sign,