Tonight’s the night! We’re anticipated to get the No-New-Revenue Tax Rate for the third year in a row!
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Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)
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Legal advice regarding the Fair Housing Act
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Litigation: Constance Swanston and Women’s Elevated Sober Living vs. City of Plano
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Real Estate in Downtown Plano
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Personnel – Discussion of City Council Appointees
Preliminary Open Meeting
(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)
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Designation of Council Member Grady as the City’s applicant to the NLC Board of Directors, Finance Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, and Military Communities Council
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Haggard Park Heritage District Design Standards Update
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Water & Sewer Rate
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Comprehensive Plan Review Committee Progress Report
Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)
Note: the Consent Agenda is at the bottom of this post.
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
NOTE: notable items from the Consent Agenda are at the bottom of this post.
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Item (1): Approve the Amended and Restated Project and Financing Plan for TIRZ #4 (Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Four)
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Item (2): Approve a TIRZ Revenue Assignment Agreement between the City of Plano and ORIX Public Finance, LLC relating to the aforementioned TIRZ #4
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Item (3): (Request to table to September 27, 2021) Amend Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City pertaining to backyard hens
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Item (4): Add car wash as a permitted use on 8.0 acres on the southeast side of Park Boulevard and Alma Drive
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Item (5): Approve the Operating Budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year beginning October 1
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Item (6): Approve the Community Investment Program for the new fiscal year
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Item (7): Public Hearing on the proposed tax rate of $0.4465 per $100 of taxable value for the next fiscal year
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Item (8): Approve and adopt the Tax Rate for the next fiscal year
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Item (9): Ratify the property tax revenue in the 2021-22 Budget as a result of the City receiving more revenues from property taxes in the 2021-22
Notable Consent Agenda Items
Total of $8,546,587 of your money in proposed expenses
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Item (c): $889,600 to line 1,286 vertical feet in sewer manholes to prevent infiltration (storm water which we have to then treat) and restore structural strength in 139 sanitary sewer manholes at various locations
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Item (g): $1,461,045 for three months of Enterprise Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software maintenance from TriTech Software Systems
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Item (j): Approve the issuance and sale of multifamily housing revenue bonds by the Plano Public Facility Corporation to lend $19 million in proceeds to K Avenue Lofts, LLC. for the acquisition and construction of the K Avenue Lofts located at 2505 K Avenue and 1005 E. Park Boulevard
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Item (l): Amend Article V. Stopping, Standing and Parking, and repealing and replacing Article VIII. Abandoned and Junked Vehicles, of Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances to align with state law
Review City Council agendas and minutes here.
