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Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)
(Review agenda here)
- Legal Advice: 1st Amendment on government-owned property
- Potential Litigation: Fire Training Facility; Pre-suit Mediation for Project No. 6824
- Economic Development consideration
- Real Estate: Downtown Plano
Preliminary Open Meeting
(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)
(Review agenda here)
- Policy & Government Relations Update – Utilities
- Cultural Arts Commission Funding Applications for FY 2024-25
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): Establish Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Number Five for the EDS Campus redevelopment
- Item (2): Amendment to Subdivision Ordinance to clarify the platting procedures for properties that receive zoning variances for minimum yards
- Item (3): Modify Article 16 of the Zoning Ordinance (Parking and Loading) to modify off-street parking requirements
- Item (4): Request to modify development standards for 7.1 acres in Planned Development-124-Neighborhood Office on the northeast side of Independence Parkway and 15th Street
- Item (5): Application for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for New Vehicle Dealer on 5.4 acres at the southwest corner of Tennyson Parkway and Dallas Parkway
- Item (6): $126,300 for legislative consulting services (a lobbyist) to pursue passage of legislation authorizing the City of Plano to engage in Qualified Hotel Projects
Notable Consent Agenda Items
Total of $9,914,174 of your money in proposed expenses
- Item (c): $2,619,800 for repair of 19,000 square yards of residential concrete street and alley pavement, 25,000 square feet of sidewalk, and 65 barrier-free ramps in various locations throughout the city
- Item (d): $4,333,000 repair of 25,000 square yards of residential concrete street and alley, 80,000 square feet of sidewalk, and 235 barrier-free ramps between Preston Road and Preston Ridge Trail to the west and east, and Parker Road and Tulane Drive to the north and south
- Item (n): To adopt a new fee schedule for the Environmental Health & Sustainability Department to reflect fee changes, add certain fees and clarify certain terms
Review City Council agendas and minutes here.
