[State of the City 2023 on February 9, 2023.]
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HI, IF YOU PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.
WELCOME TO THE N T P A RODEEN BAUGH THEATER FOR THE CITY OF PLANO.
MY NAME'S STEVE STOLER AND I WILL SERVE AS YOUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES TONIGHT.
DAR RODDEN BAUGH HAS SERVED THE ROLE OF NT P A OPERATING EXECUTIVE SINCE 2015 AND WAS NAMED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN 2018.
IN HIS FORMER ROLE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANO CHILDREN'S THEATER, DARYL LED THE ORGANIZATION THROUGH ITS EVOLUTION INTO THE NORTH TEXAN, NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS.
HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF THE WILLOW BEND CENTER OF THE ARTS.
DARYL, HIS WIFE, LISA, AND THEIR CHILDREN.
CHRIS AND LEE CONTRIBUTED THE LARGEST CASH GIFT IN NTPA A'S HISTORY TO HELP UNDERWRITE THE WILLOW BEND EFFORT AND CONTINUE AS NTPA A'S LARGEST PRIVATE DONORS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DARRELL RODENBACH.
ALL RIGHT FOLKS, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WELCOME TO THE WILLOW BEND CENTER OF THE ARTS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HOST THIS INCREDIBLE SHOW.
I'M GONNA GET ON TO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO, WHICH IS PUT YOUTH ON STAGE SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR THEIR VOICES.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS YOUNG LADY WHO'S A SENIOR, UH, IN THE NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY, WORKING WITH ALMOST A HUNDRED STUDENTS HERE IN THIS VERY FACILITY EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THIS YOUNG LADY, UH, PERFORMED, UH, THIS SONG CALLED, UH, UH, THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE IN A MOMENT.
THIS, THIS YOUNG LADY FINISHED NUMBER ONE OUT OF 6,000 CONTESTANTS IN A JUNIOR THEATER FESTIVAL TWO WEEKENDS AGO IN ATLANTA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AMANDA REED, I BE THROUGH WINDOWS WATCH LIFE, BYEBYE DREAM OF TOMORROW.
I WONDER WHY THE PAST IS HOLDING ME, KEEPING LIFE AT BAY.
I WONDER WANTING TO FLY, BUT SCARED TO TRY.
BUT IF SOMEONE LIKE YOU ON SOMEONE LIKE ME, THEN SUDDENLY NOTHING WOULD EVER BE THE SAME.
THERE'D BE A NEW WAY TO LIVE, A NEW LIFE TO LOVE IF SOMEONE LIKE YOU FOUND ME.
SO MANY SECRETS, I'VE LONG TWO SHARE, ALL I HAVE NEEDED IS SOMEONE THERE TO HELP ME SEE YOUR WORLD.
A LOVE TO OPEN EVERY DOOR TO SEND ME FREE.
MY HEART WOULD TAKE AND I'D FEEL SO ALIVE IF SOMEONE LIKE YOU FOUND ME LIKE YOU FOUND SOMEONE LIKE ME.
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IF SOMEONE LOVED ME, ME, ALL RIGHT, WASN'T THE INCREDIBLE THANK YOU AMANDA.AMANDA'S NOW HEADING TO THE PLANO COURTYARD THEATER DOWNTOWN PLANO FOR HER OPENING PERFORMANCE OF HAIRSPRAY TONIGHT.
SO YOU CAN CATCH HAIR, YOU CAN CATCH AMANDA ON STAGE THIS ENTIRE WEEKEND.
MY SUSPICION IS THAT SHE'LL BE REPRESENTING PLANO ON A GLOBAL STAGE SOMEDAY SOON.
SO WELCOME TO THE NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS.
WE CANNOT BE MORE PROUD BE HERE WITH YOU, HAVE YOU HERE WITH US IN OUR HOME IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE NOW CELEBRATING ITS 150TH YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME AND THANK HIS HONORABLE JOHN MUNNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO AND HIS WIFE JOAH THEMSELVES, MEMBERS OF THE NTPA FAMILY, THEIR CHILDREN BEING PASSED IN OUR PROGRAM, JOAH, WE HAVE A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR THANKS FOR THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE AS PLANOS.
FIRST LADY PENELOPE, IF I CAN GET YOU TO HELP ME WITH THAT.
WE ALSO WANNA WELCOME OUR DEDICATED AND COMMITTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF PLANOS VOLUNTEER CITY COMMISSIONS, OUR PLANO CITY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND CITY AND CIVIC LEADERS FROM ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF PLANO.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK AND WELCOME OUR N T P A BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT AND WHOSE WORK MAKES N T P A POSSIBLE.
I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR FRIENDS HERE WITH CENTENNIAL REAL ESTATE COMPANY OWNERS OF THE SHOPS OF WILLOWEN MALL, WHO PARTNER WITH US TO MAKE THE WILLOWEN CENTER OF THE ARTS POSSIBLE.
THEIR SUPPORT AND VISION ENABLES OVER 300,000 GUEST VISITS EVERY YEAR TO TRAVEL TO A SAFE ACCOMMODATING FACILITY WITH A TEXAS STYLE AMBIANCE SANTA WORLD CLASS SHOPPING.
I ALSO WANNA WELCOME THE DOUGLAS COMMUNITY ARTS ADVISORY AND PRESIDENT DAVID EVANS AND VICE PRESIDENT DR.
TAMARA THOMAS FOR SHARING WITH US THE INCREDIBLE ART THAT YOU WILL SEE NEXT DOOR AND THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXHIBIT IN OUR NEIMAN MARCUS WELCOME CENTER.
LASTLY, LASTLY, I DO WANNA WELCOME A VERY SPECIAL DEAR FRIEND AND VERY SPECIAL MEMBER OF THE N T P A FAMILY, THE FOUNDER OF THE PLANO CHILDREN'S THEATER, THE FOUNDATIONAL HEART AND SOUL ON WHICH WE BUILT THE NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS.
MISS SARAH EGGLESTON ACRES, THANK YOU FOR BEING I PASSIONATELY BELIEVE AND SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS TO DEVELOP, DEVELOP THE CHARACTER OF YOUTH.
NTPA IS A 5 0 1
LAST YEAR'S NTPA A'S PROGRAMS ENROLLED SOME 11,000 STUDENTS, WE PRODUCED OVER 150 PRODUCTIONS AND OVER A THOUSAND PERFORMANCES ON A DOZEN STAGES ACROSS TEXAS WHILE GIVING AWAY $350,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO THOSE IN NEED.
I AM PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FOR THE FOR THE ARTS.
WE WORK WITH A DOZEN MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL APPRECIATION FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK OF THE PLANO CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF PLANO.
PLANO OFFERS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE AND THE MOST SUPPORTIVE ARTS ENVIRONMENT IN THIS REGION THROUGH ITS BEST IN CLASS, FAIR AND OBJECTIVE GRANT FUNDING PROCESS AND AN EXCEPTIONAL ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS.
THIS HAS RESULTED IN A VIBRANT ARTS ENVIRONMENT AND AN AWARD-WINNING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE ARTS CENTER OF PLANO, THE PLANO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
THIS SUPPORTIVE LANDSCAPE DRIVES INNO INNOVATION AND PROGRAM DIVERSITY.
OUR ACCESSIBLE THEATER INITIATIVE INTRODUCED THE NTPA DEAF THEATER ENABLING DEAF ENABLING THEATER FOR THE DEAF BY THE DEAF, THE ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN TEXAS.
OUR STAR CATCHER TROUPE OFFERS THOSE WITH DISABILITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE STAGE IN THERAPEUTIC DRAMA.
OUR NEW NTPA STUDIOS EMPOWERS YOUTH TO CREATE THEIR OWN SHORT
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FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES AND THEN SEE THEIR WORK ON THE BIG SCREEN HERE IN A PLANO MOVIE THEATER.ALL THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF PLANO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS AND TO CLOSE IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE PENELOPE GRASSI, WHO'S 10 YEARS OLD AND IN THE FIFTH GRADE, AND ALI DOMINGEZ, WHO'S 12 YEARS OLD AND IN THE SIXTH GRADE PENELOPE ALI WILL BEFOR PERFORMING TOMORROW FROM ANNIE.
IT'S OPENING LATER TONIGHT ON THIS VERY STAGE AND WILL BE HERE THIS ENTIRE WEEKEND.
WELCOME TO THE NORTH TEXAS MORNINGS.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA GO RIGHT US IF NOT TODAY.
WELL THE, THE SUN WILL COME OUT TOMORROW.
BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR THAT TOMORROW THAT'LL BE SUN.
JUST THINKING ABOUT ZOOM BRO, THERE'S A WAY THE COBWEBS AND THE SORROW STILL THERE'S NONE.
I'M STUCK WITH THE, THAT'S GRAY AND I JUST CHEESE AND GREEN AND THE SUN WILL COME OUT.
MAR BRO, YOU GOTTA HANG ON TOMORROW, BRO.
I LOVE BRO, YOU I'M STUCK WITH THE DAY.
AND STICK MY CHIN AND COME NOW DO MAR BRO SAY YOU GOT HANG ON TO TOMORROW COME.
I LOVE YOU'RE ALWAYS OR A TAKE, RIGHT? HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR GREAT PERFORMANCES TONIGHT? SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL YEAR FOR THE CITY OF OUR PLANO AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 150TH ANNIVERSARY.
SO Y'ALL READY TO START? ALL RIGHT.
OUR COLORS TONIGHT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE PLANO HONOR GUARD.
MARK, ARE YOU SAYING, OH, PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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MARK.THANK YOU PLAINTIFF OF HONOR, GUARD.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
IF YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, PLEASE STAND RIGHT NOW AND BE RECOGNIZED.
WE ALSO HAVE MANY PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT WHO SERVE ON THE CITY'S APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF A BOARD OR COMMISSION, PLEASE STAND, BE RECOGNIZED AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE ALSO DELIGHTED TO HAVE OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER HERE WITH US TONIGHT, MR. TOM ECK.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO HAVE SOME FORMER MAYORS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE PHIL DYER AND PAT EVANS.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT AND CELEBRATE OUR 150TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE CITY.
IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE 30TH MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, JOHN HUNTS.
I THINK THE ORDER OF OF THIS PROGRAM, I SHOULD HAVE STARTED AND WE SHOULD HAVE FINISHED WITH THESE DRAWING AND THEY OUGHT GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE BLOGS.
IT IS, AS YOU'VE HEARD, A HUNDRED AND 50TH ANNIVERSARY AS A CITY IN HONOR OF OUR ANNIVERSARY.
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT PLANO IN THE HUNDRED AND 50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF CALLING PLANO HOME FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, AND I'VE SEEN LOTS OF CHANGES THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT ONE THING REMAINS.
I LOVE OUR COMMUNITY MORE EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO DEVELOP FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I GUESS THE SLIDE SHOWS
OUR STORY IS BUILT ON OUR SHARED VALUES AS A COMMUNITY AND SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, PLANOS BEEN WILLING TO EMBRACE OPPORTUNITY.
OUR FIRST SETTLERS WERE FARMING FAMILIES, BUT BY THE MID 18 HUNDREDS, OUR DOWNTOWN EMERGED AS A BUSINESS CENTER WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE RAILROAD.
AND JUST LIKE OUR FOUNDING FAMILIES, PLANO IS MINDFUL OF OUR CHANGING LANDSCAPE.
WE'RE VERY NEAR BUILD OUT AND ADJUSTING TO THIS REALITY REQUIRES INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND PLANO IS FOCUSED ON WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AS WHERE AS WELL AS WHERE WE WANT TO GO, AND THIS PROVIDES US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMBRACE POSSIBILITY WITH THE IMPACT FOR NOW AND THE LONG TERM.
TODAY WE SEE OUR DOWNTOWN GROWING ITS HOUSING CAPACITY, ADDING TO THE RICH HISTORIES OF OUR LONG-TERM NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH INCLUDE THE HAGGARD PARK, HERITAGE DISTRICT, AND DOUGLASS COMMUNITIES.
OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE CRITICAL SUPPORT TO OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.
OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ALSO SERVES AS THE HOST TO MANY OF OUR LARGE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING OUR UPCOMING PLANO HUNDRED 50TH CELEBRATION THIS JUNE, LIKE DOWNTOWN, OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY ARE EXPERIENCING A REVIVAL.
THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR REDEVELOPMENTS UNDERWAY IN PLANO.
WE ALL KNOW COLIN CREEK MALL, WHAT MANY OF YOU KNEW AS PLANO ANTIQUE MALL, WHICH IS NOW CALLED ASSEMBLY PARK, THE E D S CAMPUS AND RIGHT HERE AT WILLOWEN MALL.
THEY'RE ALSO TWO SIGNIFICANT GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAGGARD FARMS AND BEACON SQUARE.
AND THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR US BECAUSE PART OF MAKING PLANO RELEVANT FOR THE NEXT 30 TO 50 YEARS IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING HOW TO MANAGE OUR LAND AND THIS THESE SIX PROJECTS WILL NOT ONLY ENHANCE BUT CHANGE THE OPPORTUNITIES WE GIVE OUR COMMUNITY FOR WORKFORCE, HOUSING
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CHOICE AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.SPEAKING OF THE WORKFORCE, WHILE WORK LOOKS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT IN MANY WAYS THAN IT DID IN 2020, A HIGH QUALITY WORKFORCE IS STILL CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND PLANO IS PROUD TO BE HOME TO A HIGHLY EDUCATED WORKFORCE.
THANKS TO OUR WORLD CLASS AMENITIES AND THE STRONG VALUE PROPOSITION WE PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS, WE ALSO MAINTAIN A DEEP TALENT PIPELINE.
THANKS TO OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM PARTNERS, COLIN COLLEGE AND PAUL QUINN COLLEGE ARE CHANGING THE WAY OUR WORKFORCE TRAINS AND PREPARES FOR THE FAST CHANGING BUSINESS LANDSCAPE.
AND PLANO WOULD NOT BE PLANO WITHOUT THE EXCELLENT PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE ARE PROUD TO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH THEM ON ANNUAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE MAYOR'S SU SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.
BECAUSE PARTNERSHIPS IMPORT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US AND PLANO INVESTS IN REGIONAL CONNECTIONS FROM THE ARRIVAL OF THE HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD IN 1872 WHO ARE STATUS AS THE TERMINUS OF THE DART RIDGE AND SILVER LINES IN COLIN COUNTY.
PLANO KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AS A REGION.
THE RAIL LINE UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANT REGIONAL CONNECTIONS HAVE PLAYED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THE ARRIVAL OF DART AND REGIONAL MOBILITY, WE SAW POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR CITY AS WELL AS THE REVITALIZATION IN OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
WE EXPECT A SIMILAR REVITALIZATION TO FOLLOW THE SILVER LINE.
REGIONAL CONNECTIONS HAPPEN IN MANY WAYS FROM THE RAIL TO THE TRAIL.
IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SILVER LINE, YOUR CITY IS INVESTING IN CONNECTING OUR EXTENSIVE TRAIL SYSTEM TO THAT OF SURROUNDING CITIES.
WE'RE ALSO ADDING OUR FIRST DEDICATED BIKE LANES AS A PART OF THE EXPANSION OF THE SHILOH ROAD EXPANSION.
AS YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE IS A JOURNEY.
IT'S NEVER DONE, AND THE PREVALENCE OF TRAFFIC CONES THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS A SIGN THAT WE DO BELIEVE IN THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR ROADS IN PLANO FEATURE ASPHALT OVERLAYS.
TO DATE, WE'VE INSTALLED 17 MILES OF OVERLAY AND MORE IS TO COME.
THIS IS AN ADDITION TO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, SIGNAL RETIMING PROJECTS AND NEW WAY FINDING SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
MOREOVER, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES PRIORITI PRIORITIZE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL AND WHILE WE WORK ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO PREPARE PLANO FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, J PODS AND STRATEGIC DRONE USE.
INDEED, PLANO IS FORWARD THINKING FOR OUR FIRST ZONING ORDINANCE NEARLY 75 YEARS AGO TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEWARK, TEXAS WATER DISTRICT NEARLY 60 YEARS AGO, PLANO HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT FUTURE NEEDS LONG IN ADVANCE AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE'VE LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF THINKING, IMPORTANCE OF THINKING THROUGH THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE, WHILE DEALING WITH THE NEEDS OF NOW.
AS A RESULT, PLANO REMAINS A WELL-PLANNED, WELL-MANAGED CITY BY FOLLOWING THE MODEL OF OUR PREDECESSORS THAT THEY ESTABLISHED.
THE FORESIGHT OUR LEADERS HAD IN THE PAST GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A POSITIVE FUTURE.
WE BENEFIT GREATLY FROM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS PLANNED LONG AGO FOR THE CITY THAT ITS SIZE IS TODAY.
PARKS AND LIBRARIES THAT ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE CITY AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ALLOWING FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIFESTYLES.
THANKS TO CAREFUL PLANNING, PLANO HAS DELIVERED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN LIVE IN PLANO AND YOU CAN WORK IN PLANO IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR WORKFORCE.
WITH AN AGGRESSIVE FOCUS ON CREATING JOBS AND STRENGTHENING OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS VARIOUS SECTORS AND MORE THAN SIMPLY FOCUSING ON JOB CREATION, WE RECOGNIZE
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OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE PROPOSITION AND THIS INCLUDES THE QUALITY OF WHERE YOU LIVE, OPTIONS FOR HOW YOU RELAX AND PLAY AND THE FEELING OF SAFETY YOU EXPERIENCE.SPEAKING OF SAFETY, PLANO PROTECTS ITS PEOPLE AND SINCE OUR EARLIEST DAYS AS A COMMUNITY, PLANO HAS INVESTED IN PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS AND WE CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SAFETY IN PLANO.
THIS PAST YEAR WE OPENED OUR NEW FIRE TRAINING CENTER, ALLOWING OUR PERSONNEL TO TRAIN LOCALLY ON A VARIETY OF HAZARDS AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS DUE TO OUR CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN OUR FIRE RESCUE SERVICE.
PLANO IS THE ONLY AGENCY IN TEXAS AND JUST ONE OF EIGHT FIRE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE TO HAVE FIRE AND EMS ACCREDITATIONS AND AN ISO ONE RATING.
THIS NOT ONLY PROVIDES A HIGHER LEVEL OF SAFETY FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO LOWERS OUR INSURANCE COSTS TO YOU.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION TO ITS INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
THIS PARTNERSHIP EXTENDS TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM THROUGH THROUGH OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM, WE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN MAKING SURE OUR SCHOOLS AND ENTIRE COMMUNITY ARE SAFE.
YOUR DEDICATED POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WHY PLANO CONTINUES TO HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME RATES FOR TEXAS CITIES WITH A POPULATION OVER 200,000.
FINALLY, PLANO CA UH CARES SO MUCH ABOUT ITS COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
FROM THE DONATION OF LAND FOR HARRINGTON PARK IN 1897 TO THE OPENING OF HARRINGTON LIBRARY IN 1969, OUR COMMUNITY HAS DEMONSTRATED A PASSION FOR INVESTING IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THIS FOCUS HASN'T CHANGED IN THE LAST 150 YEARS.
OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RANKS NUMBER ONE IN TEXAS AND NUMBER 15 IN THE UNITED STATES.
BASED ON THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS ANNUAL PARK SCORE, WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NUMEROUS STATE AND NATIONAL FACILITY AWARDS AND OUR PARKS WERE BUILT INTO OUR EARLIEST CITY PLANNING.
NOW WE'RE PROUDLY HOME OVER 85 PARKS PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY CONTINUES TO EXTEND ITS REACH AND IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
RECOGNIZE AS A LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE, THE LIBRARY TEAM CONSISTENTLY DELIVERS EXCELLENT TRAINING, RESOURCES, EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT.
LAST YEAR WE COMPLETED EXPANSION AND RENOVATIONS AT THE DAVIS LIBRARY AND WE REOPENED HARRINGTON LIBRARY JUST LAST MONTH AFTER EXPANSION AND RENOVATIONS.
TODAY WE'RE HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS RODEN BALL THEATER, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE IN PLANO TO HAVE A STRONG ARTS COMMUNITY AND HAVE LONG SERVED AS A DESTINATION IN THE REGION FROM THE SMALLEST TO THE BIGGEST.
OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR DIVERSITY AND EXCELLENCE.
THROUGH STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
FROM JOBS TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TO SOCIAL SERVICES, TO COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS.
AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S SUCCESS IS THE STRENGTH WE GAIN THROUGH OUR DIVERSITY.
PLANO IS PROUDLY DIVERSE IN ALL ASPECTS FROM OUR MULTICULTURAL POPULATION TO OUR LONGTIME SUPPORT OF ALL ABILITIES, LIVING TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER, SERVING TOGETHER.
IT IS TOGETHER THAT WE HAVE BUILT THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE, WE KNOW AND WE LOVE, AND OUR STORY IS THE STORY OF A COMMUNITY BUILT AND NURTURED OVER TIME.
TOGETHER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE WHO WE WILL BE.
THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO DO THIS IS THROUGH BEING GOOD LISTENERS, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND WITH EACH OTHER.
WE COMMIT TO YOU TO CONTINUE LISTENING, TO STAY TRUE TO OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND CONTINUE INTO THE NEXT 150 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE.
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THANK YOU MAYOR MUNZ.WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE TONIGHT BY HEARING FROM THE MEMBERS OF OUR PLANO CITY COUNCIL.
IN MANY WAYS, OUR EARLY HISTORIES, PART OF THE STORY OF NORTH AMERICA AND TEXAS.
NOMADIC HUMANS WERE LIKELY THE FIRST TO HAVE OCCUPIED NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
IN LATER YEARS, SMALL GROUPS OF FORAGING HUNTERS OCCUPIED OUR REGION FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF NATIVE AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS HAVE EVER BEEN FOUND IN PLANO.
FOLLOWING MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN, THE AREA OF PLANO WAS CLAIMED UNDER MEXICAN RULE, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IN 1836 THAT NEW SETTLERS WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO OUR AREA.
JUST FOUR SHORT YEARS LATER, MCBAIN JAMESON, THE FIRST KNOWN SETTLER OF PLANO, ESTABLISHED A FARMSTEAD NORTH OF PRESENT DAY, DOWNTOWN 1840 TO 1872, WHERE PLANOS EARLY YEARS DURING THIS PERIOD, OUR COMMUNITY WAS MOSTLY SCATTERED.
THE BEGINNING OF DOWNTOWN PLANO BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE AS A POST OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE CABIN OF WILLIAM FOREMAN.
THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED IN OUR OLDEST HOMES, INCLUDING THE COLLINGWOOD HOUSE WERE BUILT.
TOWN RESIDENTS REJECTED THE ORIGINAL NAME OF PHILMORE AND DECIDED TO NAME THE CITY PLANO, WHICH THEY TO BE THE SPANISH WORD FOR PLAIN.
THE FIRST FREE AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO MOVE TO PLANO WAS ANDY DRAKE ARRIVING IN 1860.
HE IS THE FOREFATHER OF PLANOS AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
BY 1870, OUR CITY'S POPULATION WAS 155.
1872 TO 1895 WAS A TRANSFORMATIVE PHASE OF PLANOS HISTORY.
THE OPENING OF THE HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD CHANGED PLANO FROM A COMMUNITY OF SCATTERED FARMS AND HOMESTEADS TO A CENTER OF BUSINESS, AND PLANO BECAME A CENTER FOR IMPORTING AND EXPORTING CROPS IN SOUTH COLLIN COUNTY.
BY 1887, PLANO WAS SHIPPING MORE GRAIN THAN ANY OTHER STATION ON THE H AND TC RAILROAD NORTH OF DALLAS.
WE CONSIDER PLANOS BIRTHDAY TO BE JUNE 2ND, 1873.
WHEN THE CITY OF PLANO WAS INCORPORATED, CJ E KELLNER WAS ELECTED PLAINTIFF'S FIRST MAYOR, ALONG WITH FIVE ALDERMAN AND ONE COUNCILMAN.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF PLANO I SD BEGAN TO TAKE SHAPE AS PRIVATE RURAL SCHOOLS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO THE PLANO PUBLIC SCHOOL.
THE COTTON BELT RAILROAD OPENED AND THE PLANO FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED.
AFTER THE GREAT FIRE OF 1895 DESTROYED MOST OF DOWNTOWN PLANO.
BY 1890, OUR CITY'S POPULATION WAS 824.
1895 TO 1920S SAW THE BEGINNINGS OF THE DOWNTOWN AND COMMUNITY WE KNOW TODAY.
AFTER THE GREAT FIRE DOWNTOWN REBUILT WITH NEW BRICK BUILDINGS AND STOREFRONTS, WHILE BUSINESS WAS STILL PRIMARILY AGRICULTURAL RELATED, CITY BEGAN TO MODERNIZE WITH THE INSTALLATION OF NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
MANY OF PLAINTIFF'S HISTORIC HOMES WERE CONSTRUCTED LAND FOR HARRINGTON PARK P PLANOS FIRST PARK WAS DONATED CONCRETE SIDEWALKS WERE BUILT IN TRASH, WATER AND SEWER SERVICE BEGAN AROUND 1900.
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF PLANO BEGAN TO ESTABLISH ITSELF IN WHAT IS KNOWN TODAY AS THE DOUGLAS COMMUNITY.
DOWNTOWN PLANOS INNER URBAN STATION.
PART OF THE TEXAS ELECTRIC RAILWAY CONNECTING PLANO TO THE GREATER NORTH TEXAS REGION OPENED AND MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR PLANO RESIDENTS TO WORK IN DALLAS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.
PLANOS DOWNTOWN INTERURBAN MUSEUM IS THE ONLY REMAINING SUBSTATION IN EXISTENCE ON THIS LINE.
BY 1920, OUR CITY'S POPULATION WAS 1,715 1920S AND 1958 WERE YEARS OF STEADY POPULATION AS A SMALL TOWN.
BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS ERA, PLANO BEGAN TO RECOGNIZE ITS IMPENDING GROWTH AND TOOK MEASURES TO PLAN, INCLUDING ADOPTING ITS FIRST ZONING ORDINANCES AND PARTNERING TO CREATE THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.
IN ADDITION TO BUILDING THE COX SCHOOL, DOWNTOWN SAW DEDICATION OF HAGER PARK AND THE RENAMING OF CITY STREETS TO A GRID SYSTEM.
THE COMPLETION OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY WAS A TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENT IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY.
WITH QUICK AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO JOBS IN DALLAS, PLANO WAS SET TO HAVE EXPLOSIVE POPULATION
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GROWTH.NEW HOMES SPREAD FIRST TO THE EAST OF TOWN IN NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS O TOWN AND BRIARWOOD, AND THEN TRANSITIONED WEST TO HIGHWAY 75.
WITH NEW NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS DALLAS NORTH ESTATES, THE CHANGE OF PLANO FROM AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY TO A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY CAN LARGELY BE ATTRIBUTED TO CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
BY 1950, OUR CITY'S POPULATION WAS 2,126.
1958 TO 1985 WAS A PERIOD OF EXPLOSIVE RESIDENTIAL AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH FOR PLANO.
BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
JOBS BEGAN TO SHIFT AWAY FROM AGRICULTURE TO OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESS.
PLANOS ARTERIAL ROADWAY PATTERN BEGAN TO TAKE SHAPE WITH SHOPPING CENTERS LOCATED AT KEY INTERSECTIONS, COLLIN CREEK MALL BECAME THE NEW ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION.
AND PLANO I S D EMERGED AS A LEADER IN EDUCATION AND SPORTS.
THE ADOPTION OF THE FIRST CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OPENING THE FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY, HARRINGTON LIBRARY, AND HOSTING THE FIRST PLANO BALLOON FESTIVAL.
THE PLANO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1965 AND IN 1979, A BUSINESSMAN NAMED ROSS PEROT PURCHASED LAND IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS LEGACY BUSINESS AREA IN WEST PLANO.
BY 1980, OUR CITY'S POPULATION WAS 72,331.
1985 TO 2000 SAW CONTINUED RAPID GROWTH, INCLUDING THE ARRIVAL OF CORPORATE CAMPUSES IN THE LEGACY AREA.
ALONG WITH THIS NEW MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTER CAME MASSIVE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH AND WESTWARD EXPANSION.
HOWEVER, PLANO RECOGNIZED THE DECLINE OF ITS HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AND DEVELOPED PLANS TO REVITALIZE THE AREA.
THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY WAS EXTENDED THROUGH PLANO AND THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE OPEN BOTH ALLOWED FOR ADDITIONAL MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE DALLAS FORT WORTH REGION.
PLANO WAS NAMED AN ALL AMERICA CITY BY THE NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE.
LIKEWISE, PLANO, I S D ESTABLISHED ITS REPUTATION AS A REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEADER IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ATHLETIC PROWESS.
BY 2000, OUR CITY'S POPULATION WAS 220 2030.
SINCE 2000 PLANOS POPULATION GROWTH HAS SLOWED AND THE CITY HAS FOCUSED ON REDEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT.
DOWNTOWN'S REVITALIZATION CONTINUED.
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE DART LIVE RAIL AND THE RETURN OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, DOWNTOWN PLANO TRANSFORMED INTO A PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AND DURING THIS PERIOD, PLANO BEGAN THE TRANSITION FROM A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY TO A FIRST-TIER SUBURB.
AS GROWTH CONTINUES BEYOND OUR NORTHERN LIMITS, BY 2020, OUR CITY'S POPULATION GREW TO OVER 286,000.
MORE THAN 150 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN PLANO HAVE LAID A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THE PLANO WE KNOW TODAY.
TODAY PLANO IS A CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS THAT WELCOMES PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE.
WE DO THIS WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE FEELING OF A SMALL, CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY WHERE NEIGHBORS HELP NEIGHBORS, AND THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL TO SUCCEED.
PLANO TODAY IS A COMMUNITY WHERE THE SUCCESS OF EVERYONE ADDS TO AN EVEN BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THE CITY OF PLANO, TOMORROW.