The second council meeting this month will be held next Tuesday, to accommodate the Holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which occurs on our normal fourth Monday.
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 livestreamed on PlanoTV.org and on the City of Plano Facebook page.
Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)
(Review agenda here)
- Legal Advice – Fair Housing Act
- Litigation – Constance Swanston and Women’s Elevated Sober Living vs. City of Plano
- Economic Development – Discuss a financial offer or other incentive to a business prospect
- Personnel Appointments
- Board of Adjustment – Members and Chair
- Building Standards Commission – Members and Chair
- Heritage Commission – Chair
- Planning and Zoning Commission – Member and Chair
Preliminary Open Meeting
(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)
(Review agenda here)
- Personnel Appointments
- Board of Adjustment – Members and Chair
- Building Standards Commission – Members and Chair
- Heritage Commission – Chair
- Planning and Zoning Commission – Member and Chair
- Animal Shelter Advisory Committee – Member and Chair
- Community Relations Commission – Chair
- Cultural Arts Commission – Member, Interim Member and Chair
- Library Advisory Board – Chair
- Parks and Recreation Planning Board – Members and Chair
- Plano Housing Authority – Members
- Retirement Security Plan Committee – Member and Chair
- Senior Advisory Board – Members and Chair
- Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone No. 2 & No. 3 Board – Chair
- Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone No. 4 Board – Members and Chair
Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)
Notable Consent Agenda items are at the bottom of this post.
(Review agenda here)
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): appeal of of the Planning & Zoning Commission’s 8-0 denial to rezone the northeast corner of Jupiter Road and Los Rios Blvd to multifamily to allow for 80 apartment units, most of which would be taxpayer-subsidized
- Item (2): to rezone Medical City Plano to allow the addition of 4 more stories to the hospital, with a helipad on the roof
- Item (3): to rezone 5.4 undeveloped acres just north of Parker on Alma Drive and Thunderbird Lane to allow for 19 single-family attached residences
Notable Consent Agenda Items
Total of $4,982,516 of your money in proposed expenses
- Item (b): 2,672,544 over 6 years (in part from the loss fund, rather than operating expenses) for third-party claims administration which includes self-funded workers’ compensation, general liability, auto liability, directors and officers coverage, employment-related claims, and property claims
- Item (e): $476,700 to purchase the property at 1605 L Avenue, which is adjacent to the City of Plano parking lot used for the Plano Municipal Center. This is part of the city’s master plan to buy up all the property in Plano until all your lot are belong to us!
- Item (f): $405,320 for the design of a fuel station at Highpoint Parks Maintenance facility
- Item (g): $730,500 for Architectural Services for the expansion and renovation of Fire Station 5, which was built in 1983, and last renovated in 1996
Review City Council agendas and minutes here.
