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Plano City Council Preview – February 26, 2024

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The drone ordinance is back, and a Short-Term Rental Taskforce status update.

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 the council members any time at our email addresses here, or by 4:00 PM the day of the meeting at councilcomments@plano.gov. The council meeting will be live-streamed on PlanoTV.org and on the City of Plano Facebook page.

 

Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)

(Review agenda here)

  • Legal Advice: Sidewalk Improvements – Plano Parkway from Independence Parkway to Alma Drive
  • Litigation: Alexander Stein vs. City of Plano
  • Economic Development Consideration

 

Preliminary Open Meeting

(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)

(Review agenda here)

 

Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)

(Review agenda here) Notable Consent Agenda items are at the bottom of this post.

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): rezone 5 acres on the northwest side of Enterprise Drive and Park Boulevard to allow 25 Single-Family Attached homes
  • Item (2): A Specific Use Permit (SUP) for an Electrical Substation on 3.4 acres on the southwest side of North Star Road and Plano Parkway
  • Item (3): allow commercial drone delivery hubs with provisions for advanced air mobility aircraft
  • Item (4): update various aspects of the Zoning Ordinance to align with recent changes to state law
  • Item (5): update various aspects of the Subdivision Ordinance related to House Bill 3699, including extension of certain plat approval authority to staff as permitted under the bill

 

Notable Consent Agenda Items

Total of $5,580,834 of your money in proposed expenses

  • Item (a): $2,443,200 to repair 18,500 square yards of residential concrete alley and street pavement, 4,000 square feet of sidewalk, and 84 barrier-free ramps throughout the city
  • Item (k): $1,040,660 for a Sanitary Sewer Easement and a Temporary Construction Easement at 2700 West Plano Parkway to construct a 42″ sanitary sewer line as part of the Dallas North Trunk Sanitary Sewer Improvements project
  • Item (o): Provide certain Heritage properties property tax relief as allowed by the Heritage Tax Exemption Ordinance

 

Review City Council agendas and minutes here.