C I T Y  C O U N C I L


1520 K Avenue, Plano TX 75074 and via videoconference


DATE:  November 27, 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: Rabbi Michael Kushnick - Congregation Anshai Torah
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. 

PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
VIDEO

Proclamation:  The Salvation Army Christmas Campaign is being recognized for its annual Red Kettle and Angel Trees that provide help to countless citizens in need. 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)

November 7, 2023 

Approved

Approval of Expenditures
Award/Rejection of Bid/Proposal: (Purchase of products/services through formal procurement process by this agency)
(b)RFB No. 2023-0505-AC for a one (1) year contract with five (5) one-year automatic renewals for security personnel services for the Municipal Court to Investigation Technologies, Inc., dba International Investigators, in the estimated annual amount of $102,400; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
(c)RFB No. 2024-0012-AC for a one (1) year contract with five (5) one-year automatic renewals for Median and Right-of-Way Mowing, Group B, for Parks and Recreation Department to Carruthers Landscape Mgt., Inc. in the estimated annual amount of $151,800; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
(d)RFB No. 2023-0670-B for Plano Event Center Street Improvements, Project No. 7201, for the Engineering Department to DDM Construction Corporation in the amount of $4,550,761; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
Purchase from an Existing Contract
(e)

To approve the purchase of TASER 10 conducted energy weapons (CEWs) for a five (5) year contract for the Police Department in the estimated amount of $1,592,430 from Axon Enterprise, Inc. through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (BuyBoard Contract No. 648-21) Approved

 

 

(f)

To approve the purchase and installation of fiber optic cables and necessary hardware for the Engineering Department in the amount of $163,286 from Capco Telecom LLC through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Frisco ISD Bid No. 001-2020-09) Approved

 

Approval of Change Order
(g)To approve an increase to the current awarded contract amount of $3,296,285 by $737,929, for a total contract amount of $4,034,214, for Arterial Concrete Repair Hedgcoxe Road - Legacy Drive to Custer Road, Project No. 7513, from HQS Construction, LLC for the Public Works Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Contract No. 2022-0460-B; Change Order No. 1) Approved
(h)

To approve an increase to the current awarded contract amount of $2,225,340 by $227,350, for a total contract amount of $2,452,690, for Screening Wall Replacement - Amelia Court, Park Boulevard, Woodburn Corners, Custer Road and Parker Road, Project No. 7290, from A & B Construction, LLC for the Engineering Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Contract No. 2022-0667-B; Change Order No. 1) Approved

 

Approval of Expenditure
(i)

To approve an expenditure for Advertising Agency Services contract effective December 13, 2023 through September 30, 2024 in the estimated amount of $1,032,914 with five (5) one-year automatic renewals in the estimated annual amount of $1,289,409, for an estimated total amount of $7,479,959, from Atkins International, LLC for Visit Plano; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Removed from the agenda by staff.

 

Adoption of Resolutions
(j)

To call for a public hearing on the creation of a tax increment reinvestment zone containing approximately 703 acres of land generally located in the Legacy Business Area within the corporate limits of the City of Plano; authorizing the issuance of notice by the City Secretary regarding the public hearing; directing the City of Plano to prepare a preliminary reinvestment zone financing plan, and providing a severability clause and an effective date. Adopted Resolution No. 2023-11-3(R)

(k)

To find that CoServ Gas, Ltd.’s (“Company”) statement of intent to increase rates within the City should be denied; finding that the Citys reasonable rate case expenses shall be reimbursed by the Company; 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 the City’s legal counsel; and providing an effective date.  Adopted Resolution No. 2023-11-4(R)

 

 

 

Adoption of Ordinances
(l)

To repeal in its entirety Ordinance No. 2022-11-5, codified as Section 18-34 of Article II, Commercial Container Rates, of Chapter 18, Solid Waste, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano, Texas and enacting this new Section 18-34 of Article II, Commercial Container Rates, of Chapter 18, Solid Waste, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano, establishing a revised schedule of rates and charges for solid waste disposal and collection applicable to commercial accounts; providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a publication clause and an effective date. Adopted Ordinance No. 2023-11-5

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 consideration of an Ordinance to adopt Youth Program Standards of Care for the City of Plano; and providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, and an effective date. Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-11-6

VIDEO(2)

Public Hearing and consideration of a Resolution to approve and reauthorize the City of Plano Policy Statement for Tax Abatement thereby establishing criteria for evaluating tax abatement incentive applications; establishing procedural guidelines and criteria governing tax abatement agreements; and providing an effective date. Conducted and adopted Resolution No. 2023-11-7(R)

VIDEO(3)

Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-006 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, granting Specific Use Permits No. 68 for Private Club and No. 7 for Food Truck Park on 0.8 acre of land located 524 feet north of Park Boulevard and 940 feet east of Preston Road in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, presently zoned Retail, 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:  Amreit SSPF Preston Gold, LP Conducted and denied request.

 

VIDEO(4)

Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-014 to amend Article 8 (Definitions), Article 14 (Allowed Uses and Use Classifications), Article 15 (Use-specific Regulations), and Article 16 (Parking and Loading) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, to allow commercial drone delivery hubs and to include provisions for advanced air mobility aircraft; 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 (Tabled at the October 23, 2023, City Council meeting.) Tabled to the February 26, 2024 City Council Meeting.

VIDEO(5)Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-024 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, granting Specific Use Permit No. 61 for Public Service Yard on 5.2 acres of land located 325 feet north of Technology Drive and 700 feet west of Shiloh Road in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, presently zoned Research/Technology Center, 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: Dallas Area Rapid Transit  Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-11-8 with stipulation.
VIDEO(6)Second Reading and consideration of an Ordinance to amend Section I of Ordinance No. 2014-6-11 to extend the non-exclusive franchise granted to CoServ Gas, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership d/b/a CoServ Gas, to furnish and supply gas to the general public in the City of Plano, Collin and Denton Counties, Texas, for the transporting, delivery, sale, and distribution of gas in and out of, and through said municipality for all purposes; and providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. (First reading was held at the October 9, 2023, City Council meeting.) Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-11-9
VIDEO(7)Consideration of a Resolution for the City of Plano to cast its ballot for the election of members to the Collin Central Appraisal District Board of Directors under the provision of the Property Tax Code; authorizing the Mayor to execute the ballot for and on behalf of the City of Plano; and providing an effective date. Adopted Resolution No. 2023-11-10(R), 149 votes cast for Richard "Rick" Grady and 150 votes cast for Ronald L. Kelley
VIDEO(8)Consideration of a Resolution for the City of Plano to cast its ballot for the election of members to the Denton Central Appraisal District Board of Directors under the provision of the Property Tax Code; authorizing the Mayor to execute the ballot for and on behalf of the City of Plano; and providing an effective date. Adopted Resolution No. 2023-11-11(R), 4 votes cast for Roy Atwood, 4 votes cast for Alex Buck and 4 votes cast for Ann Pomykal

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