[Cue Aerosmith – Back in the Saddle Again] This is my first preview, and tomorrow’s will be my first video recap in a couple of meetings for a variety of reasons, but we’re Back in the Saddle Again.
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 – Short-Term Rental Registration Regulation
- Economic Development Consideration
- Personnel – Appointment: Heritage Commission Member
Preliminary Open Meeting
(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)
(Review agenda here)
- Personnel Appointments:
- Heritage Commission Member
- Multicultural Outreach Roundtable – Co-Chair
- Plano Housing Authority – Member
- Discussion and Direction re 2024 Housing Tax Credit Process
- Haggard Farms Presentation
- Retail Rehabilitation Presentation
- Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone No. 5 (EDS Area) Presentation
Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)
Notable Consent Agenda items are at the bottom of this post.
(Review agenda here)
- Presentation: The Sons of the American Revolution are presenting Public Service Awards and honoring several City of Plano First Responders
- Oaths of Office: Board of Adjustment, Cultural Arts Commission, Heritage Commission, Senior Advisory Board
- Certificates of Appreciation: Animal Shelter Advisory Committee, Building Standards Commission, Cultural Arts Commission, Heritage Commission, Library Advisory Board, Parks and Recreation Planning Board, Plano Housing Authority, Senior Advisory Board, Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone No. 2 & 3 Boards
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): To receive $27,670 as part of the 2023 Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant funds
- Item (2): Rezoning and redevelopment of the EDS campus as a Life Sciences campus including office, light manufacturing, apartments, and a research hospital on an adjacent property
- Item (3): An ordinance regulating drones and drone delivery (ironically, there’s no provision making it unlawful for the drones to turn on the humans. Have we learned nothing from The Terminator or The Matrix??)
- Item (4): An ordinance to allow pet funeral homes
- Item (5): An ordinance allowing temporary emergency shelters
The next four all have to do with the proposed Haggard Farm Public Improvement District
- Item (6): Service and Assessment Plan and Improvement Area #1 Assessment Roll for the Haggard Farm Public Improvement District
- Item (7): approve and authorize the issuance and sale of the City of Plano, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2023 (Haggard Farm Public Improvement District Improvement Area #1 Project)
- Item (8): accept and approve a Service and Assessment Plan and Major Improvement Area Assessment Roll for the Haggard Farm Public Improvement District
- Item (9): approve and authorize the issuance and sale of the City of Plano, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2023 (Haggard Farm Public Improvement District Major Improvement Area Project)
Notable Consent Agenda Items
Net Total of $3,755,466 of your money in proposed expenses
- Item (b): $459,859 for Bob Woodruff Park Southwest Trail Replacement
- Item (e): $5,867,795 for Generators and Automatic Transfer Switches (Urgh, more power!)
- Item (f): $993,262 for Staff Augmentation for Technology Solutions used for niche skillsets or surge needs
- Item (i): To receive $2,121,342 from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in the Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund
- Item (k): To receive $1,988,728 in grant funding from the Texas Department of Transportation for citywide installation of Closed-Circuit CCTV cameras
Review City Council agendas and minutes here.
