C I T Y  C O U N C I L


1520 K Avenue, Plano TX 75074 and via videoconference


DATE:  August 28, 2023

 

TIME:   7:00 PM

 

This City Council Meeting will be held in person in the Senator Florence Shapiro Council Chambers and via videoconference.  A  quorum of the City Council, including the presiding officer, will participate in person.  The facility will be open to members of the public.

 

For those wanting to watch the meeting but not address the Council, the meeting will be live-streamed on Plano's website at www.planotv.org and Facebook.com/cityofplanotx.

 

To pre-register to speak at the City Council meeting, please visit https://forms.plano.gov/Forms/Sign_Up_Citizen. Online registration opens at 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday prior to the meeting and closes at 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Onsite registration is available on the day of the meeting until 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting.

 

Emails regarding agenda items may be submitted to:  councilcomments@plano.gov.

 

 

CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION: Rev. Michael Forge, Pastor - Prince of Peace Catholic Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE / TEXAS PLEDGE: Girl Scout Troop 4578

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. 

PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
VIDEO

Presentation: Presentation by Congressman Keith Self celebrating Plano's 150th birthday. Presented

 

VIDEOProclamation:  September is Hunger Action Month meant to mobilize the public to take action on the issue of hunger. Presented
VIDEO

Presentation:  Plano Police, Plano Fire-Rescue, Plano 9-1-1, and Medical Center of Plano staff members are being recognized for their rescue efforts. Presented

 

COMMENTS 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.

CONSENT 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.

Approval of Minutes
(a)

August 14, 2023

August 17, 2023 Work Session

Approved

Approval of Expenditures
Award/Rejection of Bid/Proposal: (Purchase of products/services through formal procurement process by this agency)
(b)

RFB No. 2023-0467-BR for a one (1) year contract with one (1) automatic one-year renewal for Salesforce Professional Services Price Agreement for Technology Solutions to Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc., Cloud SynApps (Cloud SynApps, Inc.), Eigen X, Girikon, Inc., Incapsulate, LLC, InspireXT US, LLC, Online Business Systems, Plumlogix, Inc., Tech Mahindra, Ventas Consulting, LLC, WadiTek, LLC, and West Monroe Partners, in the estimated amount of $600,000 for the first term and $200,000 for the renewal, in a total estimated amount of $800,000; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

Purchase from an Existing Contract
(c)

To approve the purchase of thirty (30) Chevrolet Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicles (PPV) in the amount of $1,563,916 from Lake Country Chevrolet and one (1) Chevrolet Tahoe (FL) in the amount of $49,475 from Caldwell Country, for a total amount of $1,613,391 through existing contracts; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (TIPS Contract No. 210907 & BuyBoard Contract No. 601-19) Approved

 

 

(d)

To approve the purchase and installation of fiber optic cables and necessary hardware for the Engineering Department in the estimated amount of $114,062 from Capco Communications, Inc. through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Frisco ISD Bid No. 001-2020-09) Approved

Approval of Request
VIDEO(e)

To approve a request for a variance for the replacement of existing structures that are approaching their end of useful life at the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) Rowlett Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant at 1600 Los Rios Boulevard within the current Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 100-yr floodplain of Rowlett Creek, in the City of Plano. Approved

Approval of Expenditure
VIDEO(f)To approve an expenditure in the amount of $1,585,000 for the purchase of real property located at 3321 East Parker Road from Satinder and Sophie Baweja; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
Approval of Contract / Agreement
(g)

To approve a Development Agreement by and among Haggard Enterprises Limited, LTD, a Texas limited partnership and Acres of Sunshine, LTD, a Texas limited partnership and SW Haggard Master Developer, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, and the City of Plano, Texas, a home-­rule city and municipal corporation, for the Haggard Farm (West) Project; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

Adoption of Resolutions
(h)To determine the costs of certain authorized improvements to be financed within the Haggard Farm Public Improvement District; approving a Preliminary Service and Assessment Plan including a proposed Improvement Area #1 Assessment Roll and Major Improvement Area Assessment Roll; directing the filing of the proposed assessment rolls with the City Secretary to make available for public inspection; noticing two public hearings for October 23, 2023 to consider ordinances levying assessments on property located within the Haggard Farm Public Improvement District; directing City Staff to publish and mail notice of such public hearings; resolving other matters incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date. Adopted Resolution No. 2023-8-7(R)
(i)

To suspend the September 1, 2023 effective date of CoServ Gas, Ltd.’s (“Company”) requested rate change to permit the City time to study the request and to establish reasonable rates; approving cooperation with other cities in the Company’s service area, and the hiring of legal and consulting services to negotiate with the Company and direct any necessary litigation and appeals; requiring reimbursement of the City’s rate case expenses; finding that the meeting at which this Resolution is passed is open to the public as required by law; requiring notice of this Resolution to the Company and legal counsel; and providing an effective date. Adopted Resolution No. 2023-8-8(R)

VIDEO(j)

To approve revisions to the City of Plano Policy Statement for Economic Development Incentives Program; and providing an effective date. Adopted Resolution No. 2023-8-12(R)

(k)

To approve the Investment Portfolio Summary for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 and providing an effective date. Adopted Resolution No. 2023-8-9(R)

Adoption of Ordinances
(l)

To repeal Ordinance No. 94-11-11 codified as Chapter 14, Article III, Juvenile Curfew, Sections 14-46 through 14-50 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano; and providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, and an effective date. Adopted Ordinance No. 2023-8-10

(m)

To approve a negotiated settlement between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (“ACSC”) and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division (“Atmos Mid-Tex” or “Company”) regarding the Company’s 2023 Rate Review Mechanism (“RRM”) filing; declaring existing rates to be unreasonable; adopting tariffs that reflect rate adjustments consistent with the negotiated settlement; finding the rates to be set by the attached settlement tariffs to be just and reasonable and in the public interest; approving an attached exhibit establishing a benchmark for pensions and retiree medical benefits; requiring the Company to reimburse ACSC’s reasonable ratemaking expenses; determining that this Ordinance was passed in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Open Meetings Act; adopting a savings clause; adopting a severability clause; declaring an effective date; and agreeing that the City will deliver this Ordinance to the Company and the ACSC’s legal counsel. Adopted Ordinance No. 2023-8-11

 

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 on the FY2023-24 Recommended Budget, Proposed Community Investment Program (CIP) and the Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Rate. Conducted
VIDEO(2)

Discussion and Direction regarding Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Rate. The Council discussed .4165 per $100 of valuation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO(3)Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2022-009 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, so as to rezone 19.1 acres of land located at the southwest corner of Plano Parkway and Executive Drive in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, from Corridor Commercial to Planned Development-58-Corridor Commercial, directing a change accordingly in the official zoning map of the City; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.  Petitioner:  Onalp Property Owner, LLC (Remanded to the Planning & Zoning Commission at the June 26, 2023, City Council meeting.) Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-8-13
VIDEO(4)

Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-009 to reduce the 1,000-foot distance separation from tattooing and permanent cosmetics use to the residential district to the west, amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, granting Specific Use Permit No. 42 for Tattooing and Permanent Cosmetics to the second-story suite situated on 0.1 acre of land located on the east side of Parker Road, 195 feet south of Premier Drive in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, presently zoned Corridor Commercial, directing a change accordingly in the official zoning map of the City; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.  Petitioner:  Sheng Holdings, LLC. Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-8-14

VIDEO(5)Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-011 to amend Article 15 (Use-specific Regulations) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, pertaining to backyard cottage regulations; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.  Petitioner:  City of Plano. Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-8-15
VIDEO(6)

Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-012 to repeal certain sections and amend Article 4 (Amendments), Article 7 (Nonconformities), Article 10 (Nonresidential Districts), Article 12 (Planned Development Districts), Article 17 (Landscaping and Tree Preservation), and Article 23 (Exterior Wall Construction Standards) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, pertaining to recent state legislative actions and to ensure compliance with state law; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.  Petitioner: City of Plano. Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-8-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO(7)

Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Subdivision Ordinance Amendment 2023-002 to amend Article II (Definitions), Article IV (Assurance for Completion and Maintenance of Improvements), and Article V (Requirements for Public Improvements, Reservation and Design) of the Subdivision Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2017-11-4, as heretofore amended, as a result of recent state legislative actions and to ensure compliance with state law; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.  Petitioner: City of Plano. Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-8-17

VIDEO(8)

Consideration of an Ordinance to amend Section 16-19 Fees for zoning, rezoning and other miscellaneous fees, of Article II Fees Generally, of Chapter 16, Planning and Development, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano; to revise the engineering inspection fee to be consistent with new state law requirements; providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, and an effective date. Adopted Ordinance No. 2023-8-18

The City of Plano encourages participation from all citizens.  The Plano Municipal Center has accessible restroom facilities, drinking fountains, and power assist entrance doors.  The facility is easily accessed from public sidewalks and parking areas. Designated accessible parking is available on the north and south sides of the building.  The Senator Florence Shapiro Council Chambers is accessible by elevator to the lower level.  If you require additional assistance or reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act for this meeting or facility, including ASL interpreters, you should submit an ADA Reasonable Accommodation Request Form to the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours in advance. Complete or download the ADA Reasonable Accommodation Request Form at https://www.plano.gov/395/Accessibility-Accommodations