The theme of tomorrow’s council meeting is taxpayer-subsidized (aka “affordable”) housing. In addition to the council meeting, tomorrow is also the first day of early voting in the primary elections, and Valentine’s Day. What could be more romantic than casting your vote together, then attending a city council meeting?
You can sign up online to speak at council meetings in person or via Zoom online at this link up to 15 minutes before the scheduled meeting, which is typically at the 7:00 Regular Meeting. You may alternatively share your thoughts by emailing councilcomments@plano.gov by 4:00 PM the day of the meeting or emailing the council members any time at our email addresses here. The council meeting will be livestreamed on PlanoTV.org and on the City of Plano Facebook page.
Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)
(Review agenda here)
- Economic Development – discuss an prospective economic development incentive
- Discuss the vacancy of the Chief Municipal Judge pending Judge Stevenson’s retirement
Preliminary Open Meeting
(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)
(Review agenda here)
- Transportation Study Presentation
Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)
Notable Consent Agenda items are at the bottom of this post.
(Review agenda here)
- Special Recognition: Angela Miner and Pat Miner will be recognized for their service to the City of Plano
Comments of Public Interest: 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): Consider a resolution of support for a 9 percent Housing Tax Credit for a proposed taxpayer-subsidized (aka “affordable”) residential development, Mariposa Apartment Homes at Plano Parkway, on 7 acres at the northwest corner of Plano Parkway and Dallas Parkway. The proposed development would include approximately 200 multifamily units. This item is not to approve the development itself; only to consider support for the development’s application to the state for the Housing Tax Credit.
- Item (2): Consider a different resolution of support for a 9 percent Housing Tax Credit for a proposed taxpayer-subsidized (aka “affordable”) residential development, Juniper Apartments, on 7 acres near the northeast side corner of Jupiter Road and Los Rios Boulevard. The proposed development would include approximately 164 multifamily units. Again, this item is not to approve the development itself; only to consider support for the development’s application to the state for the Housing Tax Credit.
- Item (3): Consider yet a different resolution of no objection or support for a 9 percent Housing Tax Credit for a proposed taxpayer-subsidized (aka “affordable”) residential development, Elysian Senior Living, on 1.27 acres at the northwest corner of Woodburn Corners and Jomar Drive. The proposed development would include approximately 80 multifamily units. Again, this item is not to approve the development itself; only to consider support for the development’s application to the state for the Housing Tax Credit.
Notable Consent Agenda Items
Total of $14,469,486 of your money in proposed expenses
- Item (b): $5,327,850 for residential concrete pavement repair between Robinson Rd. and Coit Rd. to the west and east, and 121 and Hedgecoxe to the north and south
- Item (d): $1,914,639 for the removal and replacement of 2,910 linear feet of screening wall, sidewalks and portions of alley pavement along both the east and west sides of Independence Parkway, from Lanarc Drive to Loch Haven Drive
- Item (g): $800,000 for Technology staff augmentation
- Item (h): $4,118,613 over three years for Microsoft software licensing, software maintenance, and cloud services
- Item (i): $273,390 for hauling services related to Snowmageddon last year (primarily for organic debris such as tree trimmings)
- Item (j): $198,095 for eight new traffic signals
- Item (k): $235,379 for nine siren outdoor warning speaker heads
Review City Council agendas and minutes here.
