C I T Y  C O U N C I L


Davis Library, 7501-B Independence Parkway, Plano TX 75025 and via videoconference


DATE:  August 26, 2024

 

TIME:   7:00 PM

 

This City Council Meeting will be held in person in the Davis Library Program Room 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.

 

Seating and visibility is limited in the Davis Library Program Room.  Overflow seating is available in the lobby area of the Joint Use Facility located next door.  For those wanting to watch the meeting, but not address the Council and for optimal viewing and sound quality, the meeting will be live-streamed on Plano's website at www.planotv.org by clicking on the Public Meetings Live tab, YouTube.com/cityofplanotexas and Facebook.com/cityofplanotx.

 

To speak at the meeting, register at Plano.gov/SpeakerRegistration. 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 NOT AVAILABLE.

 

Emails regarding agenda items and other comments on City business may be submitted to:  councilcomments@plano.gov.

 

 

CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION: Imam Azhar Subedar - Islamic Association of Collin County
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

Proclamation: September is Hunger Action Month meant to mobilize the public to action on the issue of hunger. Read

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 12, 2024

August 15, 2024

Approved

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

RFB No. 2024-0240-AC for a one (1) year contract with four (4) one-year automatic renewals for Public Grounds Mowing and Landscape Maintenance, Group 2, for Parks and Recreation Department to The BENK Group LLC dba Emerald Cut Lawn and Landscape, in the estimated annual amount of $105,284; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

(c)

RFB No. 2024-0233-B for Bob Woodruff Dog Park Shade and Drainage Improvements, Project No. PKR-P-7504, for the Parks and Recreation Department to ALCC, LLC dba Perfect Finish Landscaping in the amount of $684,200; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

(d)RFB No. 2024-0336-B for Bob Woodruff Park South Restroom Replacement, Project No. PKR-P-00005, for the Parks and Recreation Department to CGC General Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $1,156,967; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
(e)RFB No. 2024-0321-B for Glen Meadows Park Renovation, Project No. PKR-P-7018, for the Parks and Recreation Department to T.F. Harper & Associates, LP in the amount of $1,455,987; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
(f)RFB No. 2024-0183-B for Manhole Risers and Valve Risers & Lids for a one (1) year contract with four (4) one-year automatic renewals to purchase inventory stock items to support Public Works Utility Operations Division from Consolidated Pipe and Supply in the estimated annual amount of $302,383; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
(g)

RFB No. 2024-0490-B for Sewer Improvements Plano Parkway Parallel Interceptor, Project No. 7294, for the Engineering Department to S. J. Louis Construction of Texas, LTD. in the amount of $14,363,106; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

 

 

 

Purchase from an Existing Contract
(h)To approve the purchase of Hurst Rescue Tools for Plano Fire-Rescue in the amount of $838,124 from Municipal Emergency Services, Inc. through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (BuyBoard Contract No. 698-23) Approved
(i)

To approve the purchase of licensing, support and maintenance of Lytx Drive Cam solution for a four (4) year contract with four (4) one-year automatic renewals for Risk Management in the estimated amount of $1,029,000 for the initial four year term, plus $1,029,000 provided all four renewal terms are exercised, from Lytx, Inc. through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Sourcewell Contract No. 020221) Approved

(j)
To approve the purchase of one (1) Tractor in the amount of $88,632 from United Ag and Turf and one (1) Mower in the amount of $93,239 from Alamo Industrial for Fleet Services through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Sourcewell Contract No. 082923-DAC and Sourcewell Contract No. 070821-AGI) Approved
(k)To approve the purchase of one (1) Forestry Truck for Fleet Services in the amount of $182,691 from Altec Industries, Inc. through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Sourcewell Contract No. 110421-ALT) Approved
(l)To approve the purchase of Furnishing and Installation of Pavement Marking Material for a one (1) year contract with four (4) one-year automatic renewals for the Public Works Department in the estimated annual amount of $775,000 from A & M Maintenance Services, Inc. through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (City of Richardson Contract No. 72-24) Approved
(m)To approve the purchase of Adobe Enterprise Licenses, Maintenance and Support for one (1) year with two (2) one-year automatic renewals for Technology Solutions in the estimated amount of $710,255 from Dell Marketing, LP through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Texas DIR Contract No. TX DIR-TSO-3763) Approved
Approval of Contract Modification
(n)

To approve an increase to the current awarded contract amount of $80,850 by $46,790, for a total contract amount of $127,640, for construction materials testing professional services for Water Rehabilitation - Parker Road from Independence Parkway to Country Place Drive, Project No. 7050.1, from HVJ North Texas - Chelliah Consultants, Inc. for the Engineering Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Contract No. 2023-0298-X; Modification No. 1) Approved

 

 

 

 

Approval of Change Order
(o)To approve an increase to the current awarded contract amount of $16,372,694 by $755,192, for a total contract amount of $17,127,886, for Shiloh Road Expansion - Park Boulevard to 14th Street, Project No. 7036, from Texas Sterling Construction, Co. for the Engineering Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Contract No. 2022-0241-B, Change Order No. 3). Approved
Approval of Expenditure
(p)To approve an expenditure for the purchase of forty-one (41) LIFEPAK 35's  in the estimated amount of $1,366,482 from Stryker Corporation for Plano Fire-Rescue; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
(q)

To ratify an expenditure in the amount of $402,979 for Stadium Pump Station HMI & PLC Modernization from HOLT CAT for the Public Works Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

Approval of Contract / Agreement
(r)To approve an Economic Development Agreement between the City of Plano and NexPoint Development Company, LP, a Delaware limited partnership for the Texas Research Quarter Project; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved
Adoption of Resolutions
(s)To approve the Investment Portfolio Summary for the quarter ended June 30, 2024; and providing an effective date. Adopted Resolution No. 2024-8-8(R) 
Adoption of Ordinances
(t)

To approve the Project and Financial Plan for Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Five; making certain findings; providing a severability clause; and providing for an immediate effective date. Adopted Ordinance No. 2024-8-9

(u)

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 2024 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 attachment 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 requiring delivery of this Ordinance to the Company and the ACSC’s legal counsel. Adopted Ordinance No. 2024-8-10

 

 

 

 

(v)

To amend Section 12-74(b), Maximum Limits on Specific Streets, of Article IV, Speed, of Chapter 12, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the City of Plano Code of Ordinances, to lower the prima facie maximum speed limit from forty-five (45) miles per hour to forty (40) miles per hour on Hedgcoxe Road from its intersection with Legacy Drive to its intersection with Robinson Road and to maintain the prima facie maximum speed of forty-five (45) miles per hour on Hedgcoxe Road from its intersection with Robinson Road to its intersection with Custer Road within the city limits of the City of Plano; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Adopted Ordinance No. 2024-8-11

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)Second Reading and consideration of an Ordinance to grant to Denton County Electric Cooperative, Inc., d/b/a CoServ Electric, a Texas electric cooperative corporation, its successors and assigns, a non-exclusive franchise to use the present and future streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, sidewalks, easements and other public rights-of-way in the City of Plano, Texas for the purposes of constructing and operating an Electric Distribution System; setting forth terms and conditions to govern the franchise; providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Read and adopted Ordinance No. 2024-8-12
VIDEO(2)

Public Hearing on the FY 2024-25 Recommended Budget, Proposed Community Investment Program (CIP) and the Proposed Ad Valorem Tax Rate. Conducted

VIDEO(3)

Discussion and direction re: FY 2024-25 Recommended Budget.  Discussed including median plus 5% for employee compensation.

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.

*IMPORTANT MESSAGE* Comments of Public Interest (general comments on items related to city business not on the agenda) will be heard via Zoom at the end of each regular council meeting.  To provide general comments, you must register to speak online and register for Zoom by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.  No in-person Comments of Public Interest will be heard at the meeting.  If your comments pertain to business unrelated to the City, we will provide a contact to the appropriate agency that can assist you, if applicable, as an alternative means of communication.

The City of Plano encourages participation from all citizens. The facility has accessible restroom facilities, drinking fountains, and power assist entrance doors. The facility is easily accessed from public sidewalks and parking areas, with designated accessible parking nearby. 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.  If you need assistance completing the form, please call 972-941-7152.  Complete or download the ADA Reasonable Accommodation Request Form at https://www.plano.gov/395/Accessibility-Accommodations.