I’m blown away by the outpouring of support at my re-election kickoff yesterday by people across our community, and across political party lines! To have earned the trust and support of so many people is truly an honor!
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Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)
(Review agenda here)
- Litigation
- City of Plano v. Edukid, LP.
- Lovepreet Singh et al vs. City of Plano and Al Dawan Properties
- Real Estate: Downtown Plano
- Personnel: Board of Adjustment – Interim Regular/Alternate Member(s)
Preliminary Open Meeting
(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)
(Review agenda here)
- Personnel: Board of Adjustment – Interim Regular/Alternate Member(s)
- Discussion and direction re Request for Extension of Line of Duty Leave – Firefighter Michael Sweeney
- Library Departmental Update
- Technology Solutions Departmental Update
Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)
Notable Consent Agenda items are at the bottom of this post.
(Review agenda here)
- Proclamation: February is Black History Month
- Certificate of Appreciation: Dr. Akm Huq – Animal Shelter Advisory Committee
Comments of Public Interest: at every meeting, anyone can speak about anything for up to three minutes, with 30 total minutes allotted for this segment.
Items for Individual Consideration
- Item (1): Update various zoning ordinances to conform to the new Comprehensive Plan
- Item (2): To improve alignment of the Residential Community Design and Neighborhood Business Design districts with the comprehensive plan
Notable Consent Agenda Items
Total of $10,396,037 of your money in proposed expenses
- Item (c): $2,399,220 over 6 years for Parks Janitorial Services
- Item (e): $699,293 for Improvements to the walkway on the south side of the City of Plano Municipal Center, A crosswalk crossing 14th Street at J Place, and Walkway improvements at DART’s Parker Road Station
- Item (f): $4,729,260 for Water Rehabilitation – Cross Creek East 3B, entailing the removal and replacement of 11,776 linear feet of 8” water line, 1,130 linear feet of 6” water line, approximately 7,300 square yards of reinforced concrete pavement, and additional sidewalk, park trail adjacent to the neighborhood, driveways, and barrier-free ramps
- Item (i): $349,860 for Phase 1 Salesforce implementation (finally!)
- Item (j): $822,384 for 84 Cisco network switches and accessories (to super-duperize our network)
- Item (m): $318,450 for landscape architect professional services for Bob Woodruff Park North Trail Replacement
- Item (o): to provide the City Manager authority related to procurement decisions necessary for issues that arise due to supply chain issues. This was tabled at the last meeting to provide an expiration date in one year
- Item (p): to authorize the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Agreement with DART to accept $28,437,000 in reimbursements for Public Transportation or Complementary Transportation Service projects. This rebate is due to excess funds collected from the City of Plano during the pandemic
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