C I T Y  C O U N C I L


1520 K Avenue, Plano, Texas 75074 and via Videoconference


DATE:  March 22, 2021

 

TIME:   7:00 PM

 

This Council Meeting will be held in the Senator Florence Shapiro Council Chambers and via videoconference. 

Members of the public are entitled to participate in person or remotely via broadcast by webinar.  For those wishing to speak in person, or attend and speak remotely, registration is required by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting at the link below:

https://plano.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LyXbT13xQ3OJ2K8hAXUj1Q

The meeting will be live streamed on Plano's website at www.planotv.org for those wanting to watch the meeting but not address the Council.

Emails regarding agenda items may be submitted to councilcomments@plano.gov by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.

CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE / TEXAS PLEDGE:

OUR VISION - PLANO IS A GLOBAL ECONOMIC LEADER BONDED BY A SHARED SENSE OF COMMUNITY WHERE RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE UNPARALLELED QUALITY OF LIFE.

 

The City Council may convene into Executive Session to discuss posted items in the regular meeting as allowed by law. 

VIDEOBOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
VIDEO

Senior Advisory Board

Paula Boudreaux

 

 

VIDEOCOMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST

This portion of the meeting is to allow up to three (3) minutes per speaker with thirty (30) total minutes on items of interest or concern and not on items that are on the current agenda. The Council may not discuss these items, but may respond with factual or policy information. The Council may choose to place the item on a future agenda.

VIDEOCONSENT AGENDA

The Consent Agenda will be acted upon in one motion and contains items which are routine and typically noncontroversial.  Items may be removed from this agenda for individual discussion by a Council Member, the City Manager or any citizen. The Presiding Officer will establish time limits based upon the number of speaker requests.

VIDEOApproval of Minutes
(a)

March 16, 2021

Approved

Approval of Expenditures
VIDEOPurchase from an Existing Contract
(b)

To approve the purchase of a telemessaging solution for Technology Services in the amount of $115,612 from Solid Border, Inc. through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (DIR Contract No. DIR-TSO-3926) Approved

VIDEOApproval of Contract Modification
(c)

To approve an increase to the current awarded contract amount of $325,900 by $195,945, for a total contract amount of $521,845, for engineering professional services for Water Rehabilitation Cross Creek East 3B, Project No. 7055.1, from Jones & Carter, Inc. for the Engineering Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Contract No. 2019-0122-X; Modification No. 1) Approved

VIDEOApproval of Expenditure
(d)

To approve an expenditure for the Davis Library Expansion and Renovation, Project No. 7079, in the amount of $5,271,047 from Pogue Construction Co., LP for the Engineering Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

VIDEOAdoption of Ordinances
(e)

Ordinance No. 2021-3-2: To adopt and enact Supplement Number 135 to the Code of Ordinances for the City of Plano; providing for amendment to certain sections of the Code; and providing an effective date. Adopted

 


ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION:

Public Hearing Items:

 

Applicants are limited to fifteen (15) minutes presentation time with a five (5) minute rebuttal, if needed. Remaining speakers are limited to thirty (30) total minutes of testimony time, with three (3) minutes assigned per speaker. The Presiding Officer may amend these times as deemed necessary.

 

Non-Public Hearing Items:

 

The Presiding Officer will permit public comment for items on the agenda not posted for a Public Hearing. The Presiding Officer will establish time limits based upon the number of speaker requests, length of the agenda, and to ensure meeting efficiency, and may include a cumulative time limit. Speakers will be called in the order requests are received until the cumulative time is exhausted.

VIDEO(1)

Public Hearing and adoption of Resolution No. 2021-3-3(R) to provide no objection to an application for four percent (4%) housing tax credit (HTC) financing to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for the proposed affordable residential development project located on 4.5± acres, at 2505 K Avenue and 1005 E. Park Boulevard, Plano, TX; designating the City Manager to certify this resolution to TDHCA; and declaring an effective date. (Tabled at the March 16, 2021, City Council meeting.) Conducted and adopted

VIDEO(2)Public Hearing and adoption of Resolution No. 2021-3-4(R) to authorize a Substantial Amendment to the 2019-2020 Action Plan for the use of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds; and providing an effective date. Conducted and adopted
VIDEO(3)Resolution No. 2021-3-5(R): To authorize the filing of an application for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds in an amount not to exceed $1,407,268 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; designating the City Manager as Chief Executive Officer and authorized representative of the City for the purpose of giving required assurances, acting in connection with said application and providing required information; authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; and providing an effective date. Adopted

Municipal Center is wheelchair accessible.  A sloped curb entry is available at the main entrance facing Municipal/L Avenue, with specially marked parking spaces nearby.  Access and special parking are also available on the north side of the building.  The Senator Florence Shapiro Council Chambers is accessible by elevator to the lower level.  Requests for sign interpreters or special services must be received forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting time by calling the City Secretary at 972-941-7120.