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[ Town Hall on April 10, 2025.]
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THIS LIVE VIRTUAL FORUM PLANO RESIDENCE.RIGHT NOW WE'RE DIALING OUT TO NEARLY 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS AROUND THE CITY, AND WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE LINE IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES.
HANG TIGHT WHILE I GET YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING AND HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE.
JOINING US TONIGHT, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM GARY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
ON THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM, WE'LL HEAR A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM FROM BUDGET DIRECTOR KAREN RHODES WHITLEY.
THEN WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THOSE OF YOU IN OUR LIVE LISTENING AUDIENCES.
MOST OF OUR FORUM TONIGHT WILL BE DEDICATED TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING.
AS YOU LISTEN, THINK ABOUT QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR Q AND A.
AND IF YOU'RE JOINING US BY PHONE, YOU CAN PRESS ZERO TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION TO AN OPERATOR FOR Q AND A AT ANY TIME DURING THIS FORUM.
THEN YOU CAN EITHER ASK YOUR QUESTION LIVE OR YOU CAN LET YOUR OPERATOR KNOW IF YOU PREFER TO HAVE ME READ YOUR QUESTIONS OVER THE AIR.
SO IF YOU'RE JOINING ME BY PHONE, AGAIN, YOU CAN PRESS ZERO TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION.
IF YOU WANT ME TO READ IT INSTEAD OF HAVING YOU GO LIVE, BE SURE TO LET YOUR OPERATOR KNOW THAT, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT IF IT'S MORE COMFORTABLE FOR YOU.
NOW, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON PLANO TV OR PLANO TV.ORG, YOU CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO US VIA X USING THE HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL.
IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIA FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE TONIGHT, YOU CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO US IN THE COMMENTS OF THE VIDEO FEED.
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SO AGAIN, TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM.
SO IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A QUESTION ON THE BOND IN MIND, PRESS ZERO TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION.
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NOW FOLKS, WE ARE ABOUT TO GET STARTED.
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SO ZERO TO SUBMIT A QUESTION FOR Q AND A AT ANY TIME.
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ALRIGHT, WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO START OUR LIVE FORUM.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR MUNZ.
JUST A QUICK REMINDER, JOINING US BY PHONE PRESS ZERO TO SUBMIT A QUESTION.
IF YOU'RE LIVE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, FLAG DOWN STEVE WITH THE MOBILE MIC DURING Q AND A.
IF YOU'RE JOINING US FROM PLANO TV OR PLANO.TV.ORG, USE UH, THE HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL ON X OR, UH, JOIN US ON THE FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE LIVE FEEDS TONIGHT AND SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS OF THE VIDEO FEED.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, HAPPY TO TURN OVER TO, UH, MAYOR JOHN MUS TO GET US UPDATED TO KICK OFF OUR DISCUSSION.
MAYOR MUS, PLEASE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S PLANO TELEPHONE TOWN HALL.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THIS TOWN HALL ARE VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING LIVESTREAM ON PLANO TV.ORG OR ON THE CITY OF PLANO, FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE PAGE, AS WELL AS OUR GUESTS JOINING BY PHONE AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. TONIGHT WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM FROM CALLERS AND THOSE PARTICIPATING VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
JOINING US IS CITY MANAGER MARK ISRAELSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, SAM GREFE, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, SHELLY SEAMER AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, LESHAWN ROSS, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET, KAREN RHODES WHITLEY, PLANO POLICE, CHIEF ED DRAIN, PLANO FIRE AND RESCUE CHIEF, CHRIS BIGGERSTAFF, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.
SUSAN CARR, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
CALEB THORNHILL, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, ABBY OWENS AND DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, RON SMITH AND DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES, LIBBY HOLTMAN.
WE HAVE THE FIRST TEAM HERE, PEOPLE, SO THIS IS A RARE OCCASION.
WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM FROM KAREN RHODES WHITLEY, KAREN, THANK YOU MAYOR.
ON MAY 3RD, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL ELECTION IN PLANO.
THE BALLOT WILL INCLUDE SEVEN PROPOSITIONS RELATED TO
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CITY BONDS.BONDS ARE USED TO FUND LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THE BONDS PROPOSED ON THE BALLOT WOULD BE USED TO PAY FOR KEY ROADS, TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY, LIBRARY FLEET, AND PARK PROJECTS.
PROJECTS WERE DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON REGULAR SESSIONS AFTER RECEIPT OF INPUT BY CITY STAFF, VARIOUS BOARD AND COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING AN EIGHT MEMBER BOND REFERENDUM, CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND AFTER RECEIVING INPUT FROM PLAINTIFF RESIDENTS AT PUBLIC MEETINGS THIS WINTER, THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM ARE BASED ON THE CITY'S ANTICIPATED NEEDS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEAR PERIOD AND HAVE A LIFESPAN GREATER THAN 20 YEARS.
THE 2025 BOND REFORM TOTALS 650 47 MILLION AND INCLUDES SEVEN PROPOSITIONS PROPOSITION A INVESTS 300 6300 $16 MILLION TO ADDRESS CITY STREETS, ALLEYS, TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY PROJECTS WOULD INCLUDE REPAIRING OR REPLACING STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, INSTALLING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND WATERLINE REPLACEMENTS.
PROPOSITION B, INVEST $155 MILLION TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY BY BUILDING A NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY AT ALMA DRIVE AND WEST PARK BOULEVARD.
THIS WOULD REPLACE THE 51-YEAR-OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS ALONG WITH A NEW 9 1 1 DISPATCH CENTER.
PROPOSITION C WOULD INVEST $51 MILLION TO REBUILD THE 34-YEAR-OLD POLICE TRAINING CENTER ON 14TH STREET PROPOSITION D PROPOSES ADDRESSES PUBLIC SAFETY BY INVESTING $37 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION 14 AT ALMA AND PARK REMODEL FIRE STATION EIGHT AT HEDGE COKES ROAD AND PURCHASE LAND, AND DESIGNED TO REPLACE THE CITY'S SMALLEST STATION AND ONE OF THE OLDEST 48-YEAR-OLD STATION THREE ON SHERRY DRIVE.
PROPOSITION E INVESTS $45 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW PUBLIC WORKS FLEET MAINTENANCE BUILDING TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S INCREASING FLEET PROPOSITION.
F INVESTS $1.9 MILLION TO RENOVATE THE INTERIOR OF THE 43-YEAR-OLD SHIM OFFENDING LIBRARY PROPOSITION G WOULD INVEST $41 MILLION IN PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING ACQUIRING LAND TO MEET THE NEEDS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE CITY, RENOVATE COMMUNITY PARKS 20 YEARS OR OLDER, AND BUY LAND AND BUILD A NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY WEST OF US 75.
THE BONDS WOULD ALSO GO TOWARDS CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATIONAL TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
CURRENTLY, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IN THE CITY OF PLANO, AS DETERMINED BY THE COLLINS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS $579,000.
AFTER DEDUCTING THE 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER PAYS $1,936 IN TAXES TO THE CITY OF PLANO ANNUALLY.
BASED ON OUR CURRENT TAX RATE OF 41.76 CENTS PER $100 OF ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUATION.
BASED ON THE PROJECTED ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUATION, THE MAXIMUM TOTAL IMPACT WOULD BE 2.90 CENTS OR APPROXIMATELY $134 IN ANNUAL TAXES FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER.
IF ALL THE PROPOSITIONS WERE TO BE BUILT WITHIN A FOUR YEAR PERIOD, RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF PLANO WHO ARE 65 YEARS OR DISABLED WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE PROJECTED TAX RATE IMPACT AS THEIR TAXES ARE FROZEN.
ONCE THEY APPLY AND ARE GRANTED THE TAX FREEZE BY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, PLEASE VISIT PLANO.GOV/ 2025 BOND FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE LATEST INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW, KAREN.
IAN, LET'S BEGIN TAKING QUESTIONS FROM OUR VIEWERS.
SURE THING, MAYOR, THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US.
A QUICK REMINDER OF HOW TO SUBMIT A QUESTION, YOU'RE ON THE PHONES, JUST PRESS ZERO.
WE'VE ALL ALREADY GOT A FEW OF YOU WAITING WITH QUESTIONS TO ASK.
WE'LL GLADLY TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THESE, THOSE OF YOU ON THE PHONE.
AGAIN, ZERO TO SUBMIT A QUESTION YOU'RE WATCHING ON PLANO TV OR PLANO TV.ORG.
YOU CAN SUBMIT VIA X USING THE HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL AND ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE JUST USE THE, UH, COMMENTS AND THE VIDEO FEED.
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GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR FIRST QUESTION COMING TO US FROM MARILYN.UH, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN AND WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS.
OKAY, I'M IN THE WILLIN NEIGHBORHOOD AND MY QUESTION IS, UM, OKAY, IF I READ THIS BROCHURE RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT, UH, APPROXIMATELY, YOU'VE GOT $131 MILLION LEFT OVER FROM THE 2021 BOND ELECTION, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT 75 GOING OUT.
SO YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 56 STILL UNUSED AND, UH, YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE BONDS FOR 647, ALMOST 648 MILLION OF WHICH ALMOST 300 MILLION OF THAT IS INTEREST.
UH, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE VERY OPPOSED TO INTEREST.
WE DON'T PAY INTEREST ON ANYTHING.
OUR HOUSE IS PAID OFF, OUR CARS ARE PAID OFF.
WE HAVE NO CHARGE CARDS THAT ARE, WE DON'T PAY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE FORTUNATE, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT DIDN'T COME OVERNIGHT AND IT DIDN'T COME WITHOUT SOME WORK.
SO I GUESS MY, I, WHEN I SEE THAT ALMOST HALF OF THIS NEW BOND IS GOING TO PAY INTEREST, IT JUST SENDS RED FLAGS.
UH, SO, UH, ON THAT 56 MILLION IT GOES, IT IT'S GOING FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY THERE, BUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT 56 MILLION IS BEING USED FOR FROM THE 2021, UH, BOND ELECTION THAT WAS LEFT OVER.
YES, THIS IS, UH, KAREN RHODES WHITLEY.
I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, THE THAT'S CORRECT ON THE, UH, DEAL 131.
WE ARE RIGHT NOW ISSUING $75 MILLION.
SO THAT BRINGS THAT DOWN TO WHAT, 56, 60 6 MILLION.
THOSE ARE LEFTOVER PARK PROJECTS ALREADY DESIGNATED FOR PARK PROJECTS AND THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE.
SO WE WILL BE ISSUING THAT DEBT NEXT SPRING.
SO AFTER, AFTER WE GET DONE WITH ALL THAT, ALL OF THE 2021, UH, BOND AUTHORIZATION IS COMPLETELY GONE FROM THE 2021, INCLUDING STREETS.
SO WHAT WE'RE ISSUING RIGHT NOW, MEANING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, ALL OUR STREET FUNDING IS GONE.
SO THE NEW FUNDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THE 647 MILLION, IT WILL BE ISSUED OVER A SPAN OF FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, AND IT INCLUDES THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BROCHURE.
SO NOW ON THE, THE 647 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY 20, THAT'S 291 MILLION IN INTEREST OVER THE 20 YEAR PERIOD.
SO IT'S NOT JUST IN ONE YEAR, IT WILL BE OVER THE 20 YEAR PERIOD.
MOST OF THE, YOU KNOW, ON THESE PROJECTS, THEY'RE SO LARGE, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE AND YOU'RE PAYING OVER 20 OR 30 YEARS, THE CITY'S IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT.
WE JUST DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO GO OUT AND FUND THIS ALL IN ONE YEAR.
THANK YOU, MARILYN, FOR YOUR QUESTION.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING A PART OF OUR FORUM TONIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE PHONES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST QUESTION FROM OUR FACEBOOK AUDIENCE, A REMINDER ZERO TO SUBMIT A QUESTION.
SEVEN TO GET EMAIL UPDATES FROM THE CITY MOVING FORWARD.
GINGER, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN AND WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS FOR US? I'M IN THE PORTS OF CALL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, OFF CUSTER IN BETWEEN PARK AND PARKER, AND I'M READING ALL THE, UM, UPCOMING OVERLAY PROJECTS ON THE ROADS AWAY FROM ME, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PARKER AND CUSTER INTERSECTION IS ONE OF THE WORST TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, UH, INTERSECTIONS IN PLANO.
UM, AND I'M TIRED OF DRIVING AROUND AND HA HITTING SO MANY POTHOLES AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE OVERLAY PROJECT IS GOING TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THIS AREA ON CUSTER PARKER AND PARK IN THE FUTURE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR OVERLAY PROJECTS ARE BASED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST IS WE LOOK AT THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN GOOD CONDITION.
THEN WE'LL GO BEHIND TO DO CONCRETE PANEL REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT, FOLLOWED BY THE OVERLAY, WHICH USUALLY OCCURS ABOUT TWO YEARS AFTER CONCRETE RE REPLACEMENT.
CURRENTLY WE ARE DOING CONCRETE REPAIRS ON PARKER FROM INDEPENDENCE TO US 75, AND WE ARE DOING REPAIRS ON CUSTER NORTH OF SPRING CREEK PARKWAY.
EACH YEAR WE LOOK AT WHAT THOSE UTILITIES ARE AND WE PLAN A FIVE
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YEAR PLAN TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE CONCRETE, UM, REPAIRS AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE OVERLAY.SO WE DO PUSH THAT MAP OUT WITH AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND WE LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD AND WE SHARE WHERE THE CONCRETE REPAIRS ARE FOLLOWED BY WHERE THOSE OVERLAYS ARE PLANNED.
THANK YOU TO GINGER FOR OUR LAST QUESTION.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO FACEBOOK FOR OUR NEXT QUESTION HERE.
QUESTION IS, IN RESPONSE TO PROPOSITION B UH, POLICE HEADQUARTERS, WHY DO THEY NEED TO REPLACE THE NEW DISPATCH CENTER WHO CAN TAKE THIS QUESTION ON? HI, THIS IS SUSAN CARR WITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS AND I'LL TAKE THIS QUESTION.
UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS WAS ADDED TO THE MUNICIPAL CENTER IN 1989 AND WAS LAST RENOVATED AND ADDED SPACE IN 2002.
MOVING INTO THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS FACILITY WILL PROVIDE A MORE SECURE BUILDING AND FACILITY TO HOUSE THE DEPARTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE OPERATIONAL AT ALL TIMES, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD, UH, WE'LL STAY ON THIS TOPIC FOR ANOTHER QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK.
THE QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE EXISTING POLICE STATION IF WE BUILD A NEW ONE? WHO CAN SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK? HI ANNE, THIS IS, WOW, THAT'S REALLY LOUD.
I'M THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF PLANO.
UM, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE PLANS FOR THAT BUILDING.
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE THE OUTCOME OF THE BOND REFERENDUM BEFORE WE, UH, START DOWN THAT PATH OF, OF DISCUSSING FUTURE USES.
UM, THE CITY WOULD BE UNDERGOING A DOWNTOWN MUNICIPAL FACILITIES STUDY LOOKING AT, UH, A NUMBER OF FACILITIES WE HAVE DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING THE, THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, UM, TO DEVELOP A PLAN WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
UM, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN, UM, BROUGHT TO COUNCIL YET.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE BOND REFERENDUM FIRST BEFORE WE, UH, CONSIDER THAT AS A PROJECT.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR OUR QUESTIONS FROM FACEBOOK.
WE'LL GET BACK TO THE PHONES NEXT HERE FOR A QUESTION FROM YVETTE.
YVETTE, UH, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN AND GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE.
I LIVE IN THE CROSS CREEK EAST NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR ALMA AND HEDGE COKES.
I WAS QUESTIONING THE, UM, RENOVATION MENTIONED FOR MIG LIBRARY.
I THOUGHT THAT MIG LIBRARY JUST UNDERWENT A RENOVATION NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, THAT'S MY QUESTION IS WHY IS IT BEING RENOVATED AGAIN OR IS IT CONTINUING? HI, YEAH, THIS IS CALEB THORNHILL, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
UM, WE HAVE HAD MINOR REPAIRS TO SHIMEL FENIG, BUT THIS WILL BE AN UPDATE OF THE RESTROOMS, UH, FINISHES WALL PAINTING.
UH, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD A, A RECENT AGENDA ITEM WITH REPLACING THE, UH, SHELVES.
SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, ALIG, UH, HAS NOT HAD SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS LIKE HARRINGTON AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.
SO THIS WILL CONTINUE THAT, UH, FOR THAT FACILITY.
NOW LET'S GO TO JIM UP NEXT HERE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A QUESTION FROM NEXT DOOR.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN AND THEN GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION PLEASE, SIR? YES, I'M FROM THE AUDUBON NEIGHBORHOOD AND
SO I FEEL THE PREVIOUS LATER, LATER LADY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION.
SO MY QUESTION IS THIS, UM, IT'S MENTIONED THAT THIS WILL HAVE A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE ABOUT $120 FOR THAT YEAR.
IS IT JUST FOR A SINGULAR YEAR OR IS IT FOR PERPETUAL? AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS ON THE CURRENT BOND REFERENDUM, IS IT FOR ANY PROJECT THAT WAS PREVIOUS TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT, ANY OF THAT MONEY GOING TO THE PREVIOUS PROJECT? YES.
UH, THIS IS KAREN RHODES WHITLEY ON THE FIRST QUESTION REGARDING THE PROJECTED TAX RATE IMPACT.
BY LAW, WE HAVE TO STATE WHAT OUR PROJECTED TAX RATE IMPACT MAY BE.
IT'S A PROJECTION FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, WE ALWAYS HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF PROJECTED TAX RATE IMPACT.
WE'VE ONLY NEEDED TO RAISE THE TAX RATE ON THE DEBT SIDE ONE TIME, AND THAT WAS BACK IN 2009 DUE TO A BOND REFERENDUM.
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HAPPEN DURING THE YEAR, LIKE MORE, UH, YOUR, UH, ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUES CAN GO UP.THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT GO INTO A BOND REFERENDUM AND THE PROJECTIONS OF THE REVENUES.
SO WE'RE JUST STATING WHAT WE THINK IT POSSIBLY COULD BE.
FOR ONE YEAR, THIS WOULD BE THE PROJECTION WE HAVE NOW, IF ALL THE PROJECTS PASSED, ALL OF THEM WERE BUILT WITHIN THAT FOUR YEAR TIMEFRAME, WE'RE JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTION WOULD BE.
AND THAT'S THE 2.90 CENTS OR THE $120.
THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, WHICH I KIND OF FORGOT WHAT IT WAS NOW, WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION? ANY OH YES.
ANY, THE, THE AUTHORIZATION THAT WE'RE SEEKING THIS TIME IS NOT FOR ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE OUT FOR VOTE IN 2021.
THESE ARE ALL NEW PROJECTS, ALL NEW PARKS AND REC, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION, THE STREET OVERLAYS.
NONE OF THIS GOES BACK TO THE 2021.
SO THIS IS ALL NEW BOND AUTHORIZATION FOR NEW PROJECTS.
THANK YOU AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, UH, FROM JIM THERE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO A QUESTION FROM NEXTDOOR THAT WAS, UH, SUBMITTED EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND THE QUESTION IS, IN RESPONSE TO PROPOSITION B ON THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, WHY THE CHANGE IT WAS TO BE A PARK AND NOW IS IT GOING TO BE A POLICE BUILDING WITH AN UNFUNDED PARK? I'D LIKE TO CLEAR THIS UP FOR OUR NEXTDOOR USER.
I'M YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR HERE, AND I CAN SPEAK TO THE PARK ELEMENT OF THE PARCEL THAT YOU'RE, THE QUESTION IS ASKING ABOUT AT THE CORNER OF PARK AND ALMA, THAT'S A 51 ACRE SITE AND, UH, ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY THE CITY EXCLUSIVELY TO BE A PARK, BUT AS THE NEEDS OF THE CITY HAVE CHANGED AND AS THE POPULATION AND SERVICE LEVELS CHANGE WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT A NEED FOR NEW POLICE STA STATION WAS A SERIOUS NEED THAT THE CITY HAD.
AND SO THAT LOCATION CENTRALIZED IN THE CITY, PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY, MADE REALLY GOOD SENSE FOR A PORTION OF THAT TO BE USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AMENITIES, INCLUDING A NEW POLICE STATION AND A FIRE STATION.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, THE REMAINING ACREAGE, WHICH WILL TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 38 ACRES, WILL BE DEVELOPED AS A COMMUNITY PARK SERVICING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ELEMENTS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COOPERATING AND PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WE BUILD THOSE PUBLIC AMENITIES THAT ARE SO CRUCIAL TO THE CITY, WHILE ALSO DELIVERING A FANTASTIC PARK TO OUR RESIDENTS.
I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL.
BASED OFF HOW WE HAVE OUR, UH, SUBSTATIONS ACROSS OUR CITY.
WE HAVE ONE ON INDEPENDENCE, WE HAVE ONE AT HITCHCOCK'S AND ROBINSON.
SO WE NEEDED THIS FACILITY TO BE EAST OF CUSTER ROAD.
AND, UH, WE LOOKED AT, UH, MANY PLACES ON THE EAST SIDE OF PLANO AND, UH, ALONG THAT CORRIDOR BETWEEN 75 AND CUSTER.
AND THERE WAS JUST NOT MANY PLACES THAT HAD A GOOD EIGHT TO 10 ACRES THAT WE COULD USE TO BUILD THAT FACILITY AS WELL.
THANK YOU AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT TO OUR NEXT QUESTION FROM THE PHONES.
DAVID, IF YOU WOULD TELL US, UH, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN AND THEN GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION PLEASE.
UH, PORTUGAL, I LIVE IN PORTUGAL AND YOU'VE ANSWERED PART OF THAT QUESTION.
UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA BE MOVING THE POLICE FACILITY AT 800 TO THE ALMA AND PARK AREA, WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE COURTHOUSE AND THE JAIL THAT'S CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO THE POLICE STATION AT 800? UH, YEAH.
UH, THIS IS CHIEF DRAIN AND THE, THE, UM, BOTH OUR, OUR COURT FACILITY AND THE JAIL WILL REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE.
UH, AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO WORK OUTTA SUBSTATIONS ON INDEPENDENCE AND, UH, AT MCDERMOTT, AND THEY HAVE TO DRIVE TO THAT FACILITY TO DO THEIR BUSINESS.
AND THE GUYS THAT ARE WORKING OVER AT, UH, ALMAN PARK WILL JUST DO THE SAME THING.
SO, UH, THIS PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CHANGES TO THE JAIL OR TO THE, UH, COURT FACILITIES.
UH, LET'S GO RIGHT TO, UH, DONALD, UP NEXT.
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ARE YOU AT AND WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? I, I'M IN HUNTERS GLEN, AND OVER THE YEARS I'VE LIVED IN PLANO EVERY YEAR, EVERY, THERE'S ALWAYS A PROPOSITION, SEVERAL PROPOSITIONS TO, FOR US TO PAY EXTRA TAXES.WHAT ARE OUR TAXES PAYING FOR IF WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW? YES, THIS IS KAREN RHODES WHITLEY BUDGET DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE DO BOND REFERENDUMS EVERY FOUR YEARS AND THEY AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO GO ISSUE DEBT FOR VERY LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AS I MENTIONED, UH, ON ANOTHER CALLER, THINK ABOUT IT LIKE PURCHASING A HOME.
UH, MOST PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE $500,000 TO GO AND PAY CASH, AND WE'RE THE SAME WAY.
WE DO NOT HAVE CASH OF $647 MILLION TO GO AND PURCHASE ALL THESE PROPOSITIONS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TAX RATE IS 41.76 CENTS, ONLY 11.50 CENTS OF THAT IS GOING TO PAY DEBT.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PAY OUR DEBT FIRST WHEN WE'RE SETTING THE TAX RATE, THE DEBT RATE HAS TO BE SET FIRST.
THE REMAINING PART OF THAT, THE 30.26 CENTS, IS GOING TO PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR PARKS AND REC, UH, FOR THE LIBRARIES, FOR, UH, ALL THE OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES, YOUR E 9 1 1.
IN FACT, WE HAVE A CHART THAT COULD SHOW YOU THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT COME IN ON THE O AND M SIDE, DON'T EVEN COVER THE COST OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO THAT IS SUBSIDIZED BY THE SALES TAX THAT WE COLLECT, BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED REVENUES.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ONLY GO OUT FOR A BOND AUTHORIZATION EVERY FOUR YEARS.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE ONE THAT EVERY YEAR WILL PICK THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL DO.
AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, THE, UH, PROJECTED TAX RATE IS IMPACT IS A 2.90 CENTS.
HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, NOR THAT'S JUST A PROJECTION.
LET'S GO TO, UH, INSTAGRAM FOR OUR NEXT QUESTION HERE.
AND IT'S IN RESPONSE TO PROPOSITION A ON STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE A LIGHT ON SHILOH BETWEEN 14TH AND PARK AND ONE OF THESE BONDS? THE ROAD HAS WIDENED AND NOW PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN DO 60 TO 70 DOWN IT AND, UH, IT ISN'T, UM, WE AREN'T SEEING PEOPLE GETTING PULLED OVER FOR IT, SO WHO CAN TAKE THAT ONE ON FROM INSTAGRAM? YEAH, IAN, THIS IS CALEB THORNHILL, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEER.
SO YES, WE DID PLAN FOR A SIGNAL LOCATION AT 18TH IN SHILOH.
WE'VE PUT IN THE CONDUIT WITH THE NEW PRO, UH, ROADWAY PROJECT.
UH, AND ACTUALLY THERE IS A SIGNAL PLANNED IN THIS BOND TO ADD THAT.
AND, UH, WE WILL EVALUATE THE CORRIDOR.
UH, WE HAVE DONE SOME, UH, INITIAL SPEED STUDIES FOR THE TRAFFIC SPEEDS THROUGH THERE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH IT BEING A NEW ROAD, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE, BUT WE DO HAVE A SIGNAL PLAN AT 18TH.
APPRECIATE, THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, CALEB.
AND, UH, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION FROM INSTAGRAM.
WE ARE ABOUT THE HALFWAY MARK IN OUR ONE HOUR FORUM.
WE'RE ABOUT THE 30 MINUTE MARK.
SO A QUICK REMINDER HERE, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SUBMIT ON THE PHONES, PRESS ZERO.
IF YOU'RE THERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, YOU CAN FLAG DOWN STEVE WITH THE MOBILE MIC TO ASK A QUESTION.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON PLANO TV OR PLANO TV.ORG, SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS ON X USING THE HASHTAG PLANO TOWN HALL.
AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE, SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE VIDEO FEED.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, OH, AND UH, SORRY, ONE MORE REMINDER.
IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONES, YOU WANNA GET EMAIL UPDATES, PRESS SEVEN TO GET THOSE EMAIL UPDATES.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT JOINING US BY PHONE AND WANT TO GET EMAIL UPDATES, GO TO PLANO.GOV.
YOU CAN ALSO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE BOND REFERENDUM THERE@PLANO.GOV SLASH 2025 BOND.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS ALSO COMING TO US FROM INSTAGRAM, AND THIS ONE'S ON PROPOSITION G ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
QUESTION IS, WILL YOU BE TAKING LAND FROM BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS USING IMMINENT DOMAIN? WHO CAN TAKE THIS QUESTION FROM INSTAGRAM? IAN, THIS IS RON SMITH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, IN INSTANCES WHERE THE CITY IS, UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED PRIVATE PROPERTY, UNUSED PRIVATE PROPERTY TO PURCHASE FOR PUBLICLY USE LIKE A PARK.
IN THOSE INSTANCES, TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE CITY WILL NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY WITH THAT PRIVATE LAND OWNER OR OWNERS, IF THAT'D BE THE CASE.
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WE BASE OUR NEGOTIATION BASED ON INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY LAND APPRAISALS.SO WE'LL GET AN APPRAISAL FOR PROPERTY, WE'LL ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE LANDOWNER AND NEGOTIATE A SALES PRICE.
THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW THAT WORKS.
ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER.
AND AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR QUESTIONS FROM INSTAGRAM.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING OUR NEXT ONE LIVE.
THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM LINDA.
LINDA, UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, IF YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR QUESTION.
I LIVE IN THE PARK FOREST EDITION ADDITION.
AND, UH, I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON DON'S QUESTION REGARDING THE, THE BONDS.
EVERY YEAR THERE SEEMS TO BE A BOND ELECTION.
THE STREET AND REPAIR WORK SEEMS TO NEVER GET DONE.
AND I HAVE CALLED CONTINUOUSLY ABOUT A MANHOLE THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED UP, UH, FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, AND THEY, THEY GIVE ME A RUNAROUND, BUT THEY NEVER COME OUT TO FIX IT.
AND THEN YOU GUYS KEEP TELLING US THAT 65 AGE AND DISABLED PEOPLE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED TAX WISE, BUT THAT'S A LIE.
YES, THE TAXES ARE FROZEN, BUT IT AFFECTS OUR HOMEOWNERS AND Y'ALL ARE PUSHING US OUT OF OUR PROPERTIES.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABBY OWENS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN, UM, EMAIL HER ON THE, THE POTHOLE, OR EXCUSE ME, THE MANHOLE TO, TO GET THAT, UM, ADDRESSED.
AND THEN I'LL ADDRESS AFTER ABBY.
LINDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
I'M ABBY OWENS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
IF YOU'LL STAY ON THE LINE AFTER THIS, UM, WE'LL TAKE YOUR INFORMATION AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU DIRECTLY.
I'LL DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE OTHER STREETS QUESTIONS, UM, ALL OF OUR STREETS PLANS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE TRY TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS WE CAN, BUT WE ALSO TRY NOT TO HAVE TWO PARALLEL ROADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT A TIME.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT TRAFFIC CAN FLOW.
UM, BUT IF YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR INFORMATION AT THE END OF YOUR CALL, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU FIRST THING TOMORROW.
AND LINDA, THIS IS MARK ISRAELSON, THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY ON A FOUR YEAR CYCLE FOR GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR BONDS.
UM, WHILE IT MIGHT SEEM THAT IT'S MORE FREQUENT THAN THAT, IT IS ACTUALLY EVERY FOUR YEARS.
UH, YOU MAY BE SEEING BONDS THAT ARE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY.
UH, THE I AND PISD IS ACTUALLY INDEPENDENT AND IT'S INDEPENDENT OF, UH, OF THE CITY.
I RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S ONE CONSOLIDATED TAX BILL, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM US.
WE ARE ON A FOUR YEAR CYCLE TO, UM, TO GO OUT FOR AUTHORITY FROM OUR CITIZENS.
UM, FOR US, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WE HAVE, UM, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHILE THEY DO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE HOMEOWNERS IN A SPECIFIC AREA AND THEY CAN CHARGE FEES FOR, UH, FOR SOME OF THOSE SERVICES, WE DON'T ACTUALLY CONTROL THOSE.
UM, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY AS WELL.
SO IF YOUR FEES ARE GOING UP THERE, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING TO, UH, ADDRESS WITH YOUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
BUT WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS AND AGAIN, WE'LL START, UH, WE'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU REGARDING THE, UH, MANHOLE COVER.
YEAH, THANK YOU, UH, SO MUCH FOR THE ANSWERS THERE.
AND UH, LINDA, WE DO HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
WE'VE GOT YOUR PHONE NUMBER, SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION YOU WANT TO SHARE AT THE END OF THIS FORUM IN JUST A BIT HERE, IF YOU STAY ON THE LINE, YOU CAN ALSO LEAVE A VOICEMAIL MESSAGE IF YOU PREFER.
WE CALL ON A DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBER THAN WE CALLED TONIGHT.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND SOMEBODY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION AND COMMENT FROM LINDA.
WE'RE GONNA GO, UH, TO A QUESTION THAT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE BOND WEBSITE.
QUESTION HERE IS, IS THERE A LIST OF ROAD PROJECTS THAT WILL BE A PART OF PROPOSITION A ON STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN SEE BEFORE VOTING? SO LOOKING FOR A LIST OF ROAD PROJECTS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY PROP A.
THIS IS ABBY OWENS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, EACH YEAR WE DEVELOP A FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN THAT INCLUDES ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND WE BASE THAT ON STREET SCORES, WHAT THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES LOOK LIKE, AND ALSO ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN ENGINEERING OR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
OUR GOAL IS TO, WHEN WE COME THROUGH TO REPAIR THE STREETS, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE CONCRETE REPAIRS TO THEN HAVE ONE OF OUR OTHER PARTNER DEPARTMENTS GO BACK BEHIND TO REMOVE THAT CONCRETE, UM, TO DO A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
SO WE REALLY WORK HARD IN COORDINATION AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TWO STREETS PARALLEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AS FAR AS OUR LISTING, WE DO HAVE OUR CIP REPORT THAT GOES OUT EVERY YEAR.
UM, THE BUDGET, IDENTIFYING WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING.
THERE'S ALSO MAPS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF YOU DO PLANO.GOV/ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
UM, BUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS HAVEN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PIVOT AND ADJUST AROUND WHAT OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING AROUND US.
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DO HAVE AN OUT OVERALL PLAN.UM, THE MAP THAT'S ONLINE RIGHT NOW DOES OUTLINE THAT WE HAVE CURRENT REPAIRS GOING ON ON PARKER ROAD SECTIONS, SECTIONS OF PARK BOULEVARD, KUWAIT ROAD, CUSTER ROAD, LEGACY AND COMMUNICATIONS.
AND EACH OF THOSE EITHER HAVE CONCRETE REPAIRS GOING ON NOW WITH AN OVERLAY SHORTLY PLANNED OR CONCRETE REPAIRS FOLLOWED BY AN OVERLAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SUMMERS.
APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION AND ANSWER.
AND UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, QUESTION REAL QUICK HERE.
I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ IT FOR CHU.
WHO'S ASKING, WHEN CONSIDERING THE BOND REFERENDUM, WHEN DO YOU DECIDE HOW IT COMES DOWN? SO I THINK CHU IS ASKING ABOUT, UH, THE VOTING PROCESS.
CAN ANYBODY TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, REAL QUICK HERE ABOUT THE VOTING PROCESS AND HOW CHU CAN, UH, REGISTER THEIR VOTE? YES, THIS IS KAREN RHODES WHITLEY.
WE ACTUALLY START, WE HAVE STARTED TWO YEARS AGO, YEARS AGO.
THE FIRST THING WE DO ON COLLECTION OF THE, UH, PROJECTS IS GET WITH THE STAFF OUT OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, SUCH AS LIBRARIES, UH, FACILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE AND FIRE.
THEY PRESENTED A LIST TO US TWO YEARS AGO.
THE LIST ACTUALLY TOTALED $1.6 BILLION AT THAT TIME.
ANYWAY, AFTER WE SUBMITTED A LIST, WE HAVE AN EX INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT GOES THROUGH AND PRIORITIZES THE CITY MANAGER.
GOT THE LIST DOWN TO 700 MILLION.
THAT $700 MILLION LIST WENT OUT TO ALL OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR COMMENTS.
IT WENT BEFORE THE CITIZENS FOR COMMENTS.
WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE CITIZENS CAME AND TALKED TO US ABOUT PROJECTS.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A BOND REFERENDUM CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IT WAS STAFFED BY EIGHT, UH, NOMINEES FROM EACH OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE HAVE MET WITH THEM SINCE JULY AND THEY PRIORITIZE THE LIST.
ALL OF THIS PRIORITIZATION WENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL THE 1ST OF JANUARY, AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL MADE THE FINAL DECISION ON WHAT THE PROJECTS WOULD BE AND THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON THE MAY 3RD ELECTION.
UH, LET'S GO TO FACEBOOK AGAIN NEXT FOR THIS QUESTION FROM OUR LIVE STREAMING FACEBOOK AUDIENCE.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE A PLAN TO EXPAND THE SPRING CREEK ROAD BETWEEN PARK BOULEVARD AND PARKER ROAD? AGAIN, IS THERE A PLAN TO EXPAND THE SPRING CREEK ROAD BETWEEN PARK BOULEVARD AND PARKER ROAD? YEAH, IAN, THIS IS CALEB THORNHILL, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
UH, THERE IS A PLAN TO WIDEN SPRING CREEK ROAD.
UH, WHAT THERE IS NOT AT THIS TIME IS A SCHEDULE.
SO IN THE LATE NINETIES, THE CITIZENS IN THIS AREA REQUESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DELAY WIDENING THIS ROAD UNTIL THE VOLUMES OF THAT ROAD REACHED A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN EVALUATING THAT ROAD, IT HAS NOT REACHED THAT THRESHOLD TO DATE.
HOWEVER, WITH THE EXPANSION, UH, TO THE SOUTH WITH UH, POTENTIAL UH, DART STATION COMING ONLINE VERY SOON, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND ONCE IT DOES HIT THOSE VOLUMES, WE WILL START LOOKING, UH, MORE EARNESTLY AT WIDENING THAT WE HAVE DONE SOME EVALUATION OF A ALIGNMENT STUDY ON THE LOCATION.
SO WE HAVE DONE SOME INITIAL PLANNING, BUT WE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD TO DATE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOLKS.
AND WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE LOW ON TIME HERE.
SO A QUICK REMINDER, IF YOU WANT TO GET EMAIL UPDATES FROM THE CITY, PRESS SEVEN OR YOU CAN GO TO PLANO.GOV.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA READ A, A WEB, A COUPLE MORE WEBSITES WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION IN JUST A MOMENT HERE.
BUT NEXT WE'RE GONNA GO TO ANTHONY.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE AROUND OHIO AND SPRING CREEK.
UH, I'VE BEEN ON HERE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, BUT, UH, APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I'VE ALREADY, UM, DOVETAILED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S QUESTION AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED, BUT WILL THIS BOND INCLUDE REPAIRS FOR OHIO, FOR PARKER, ALL OF THOSE THOROUGHFARES THAT QUITE HONESTLY, I DRIVE DOWN RIGHT NOW AND I AM, UH, I'M PLAYING A GAME OF, OF FROGGER, IF YOU WILL.
NOT TO DATE MYSELF ONLY, I'M THE ONE DODGING POTHOLES.
I WILL REPORT THEM, THEY'LL COME OUT, THEY'LL PATCH THEM, AND A FEW WEEKS LATER YOU HAVE ANOTHER POTHOLE OUT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, ANTHONY.
THIS IS ABBY OWENS, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, YES, POTHOLE PATCHING IS OUR TEMPORARY SOLUTION.
UM, THIS BOND WILL INCLUDE ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 MILES OF CONCRETE REPAIR AND OVERLAY EVERY YEAR FOR OUR ARTERIALS.
OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE ABOUT 40 MILES DURING THIS BOND PERIOD.
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ALSO HAVE, UM, WHAT WE CALL REQUIREMENTS CONTRACTS, AND THOSE ARE SECTIONS THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY GO AND DO SMALLER REPAIRS ON THE ROADS, NOT FOLLOWED BY AN OVERLAY, BUT WE WILL STILL DO SMALLER REPAIRS.UM, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY PAID FOR OUT OF OUR CAPITAL MAINTENANCE FUND.
UM, BUT SOMETIMES THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND POT, UM, PATCH AN AREA INSTEAD OF MAKE THE REPLACEMENT IS THERE COULD BE AN UPCOMING PROJECT, UH, PLAN FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, PLANO PARKWAY FROM KUWAIT ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF POTHOLES.
HOWEVER, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM IS GONNA BE COMING IN AND DOING A MAJOR SEWER LINE PROJECT IN THAT AREA.
SO WE TRY TO STAGE OUR CONCRETE REPAIRS AFTER THOSE REPAIRS OCCUR SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO REPLACE CONCRETE TWICE.
UM, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT HAVE POTHOLES, PLEASE CONTACT PUBLIC WORKS AT 9 7 2 7 6 9 4 1 6 0 AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPAIR THEM UNTIL WE CAN GET A PERMANENT PROJECT COMPLETED.
AND FOLKS, IF YOU MISSED THAT PHONE NUMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS PRESS SEVEN TO SPEAK TO ONE OF OUR OPERATORS.
AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A, UH, QUESTION FROM FACEBOOK IN JUST A MOMENT.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, UH, COMING IN FROM THERE.
UH, BUT JUST A QUICK REMINDER, I SEE THIS QUESTION FROM MICHAEL WHO SAYS, UH, COMMEND YOU FOR CALLING ABOUT THIS, UH, WOULD LIKE YOU TO PUBLISH THE BUDGET FOR TRANSPARENCY.
AND HE JUST SAYS HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SPENDING AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR, UH, COMMUNITY TO SEE.
UH, SO WE HELD A BUDGET TELE-TOWN HALL, UH, LAST YEAR HERE, MICHAEL, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS VIEW THE BUDGET ON THE CITY WEBSITE AT PLANO.GOV/BUDGET.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO VISIT THERE, PLANO.GOV/BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THE BOND SPECIFICALLY, YOU CAN GO TO PLANO.GOV/ 2025 BOND.
SO THAT'S FOR MICHAEL NEAR PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND AGAIN, GO BACK TO FACEBOOK FOR THIS ONE.
THE QUESTION IS, WOULD THE BOND BE LESS IF WE, UH, SORRY.
UH, THE $647 MILLION BOND REFERENDUM IS THE LARGEST IN PLANO HISTORY.
I'M MISSING UP OUR FACEBOOK QUESTIONS.
WOULD THE BOND BE LESS IF WE APPROVED THE BOND BUT THEN DELAYED ANY PROJECTS BY TWO YEARS TO ALLOW SURPLUS TO ACCUMULATE INVESTMENTS AND THEN PAY CASH OVER THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS TO AVOID INTEREST? AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED TO ME OR REPEAT ANY PART OF THAT QUESTION.
MY NAME IS KAREN RHODES WILLY, I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR.
NO, I'M AFRAID IT WOULD NOT BE LAST.
IN FACT, IT'D MOST LIKELY BE MORE THE, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE GREAT ECONOMIC RECESSION, THIS WAS BACK 2008, 2009, WE HAD A 2009 BOND REFERENDUM.
WE HAD SEVERAL PROPOSITIONS THAT DID PASS.
AND AT THE TIME WE DECIDED, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND JUST PUT THESE ON HOLD, WAIT TILL WE GET OUTTA THE GREAT ECONOMIC RECESSION AND THEN START BUILDING.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE PROJECTS, THE COSTS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF, SO WE WERE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GONNA COME UP WITH THE FUNDING.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD SAY NO, IT PROBABLY COSTS MORE.
MARK, DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? NO, WE, WE FULLY RECOGNIZE THE, THE ASPECT OF PAYING INTEREST IN DELAYING PROJECTS AND TRYING TO PLAN THE THESE OUT.
AND SO PART OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WE LOOK AT WITH STAFF IS ALSO WHAT THE IMPACT TO SERVICES MAY BE IF WE DO DELAY SOME OF THESE OUT.
SO IT'S, UH, AS KAREN MENTIONED, WE ARE OUT OF, UH, BOND FUNDS FOR ROADS RIGHT NOW.
SO SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE DELAYED AND WE'D SEE A CONTINUED DETERIORATION OF SOME OF THOSE ROAD CONDITIONS BY WAITING THOSE TWO YEARS.
SO WHILE WE RECOGNIZE, UH, THE ADVANTAGES OF CASH FINANCING, UM, WE'RE IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW WHERE WE, UH, ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOND REFERENDUM, UH, IS THE BEST PATH FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER, UH, QUESTION COMING TO US FROM FACEBOOK AND I THINK THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE WE HAVE TIME FOR.
QUESTION IS THE $647 MILLION BOND REFERENDUM IS THE LARGEST IN PLANOS HISTORY.
WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WILL PLANO RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM ON THE DAY TO DAY? WHO CAN TAKE THIS? UH, LAST QUESTION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, IAN, THIS IS MARK ROLSON, THE CITY MANAGER AND I I WILL TAKE THAT.
UM, THERE ARE A, A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IS, UH, IS TREMENDOUSLY VALUED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING A SAFE, UH, AND SUPPORTED POLICE FORCE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN.
UM, STATION 14 IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON CALL VOL, UH, CALL RESPONSES, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE US 75 CORRIDOR, OUR TWO BIGGEST OR OUR TWO BUSIEST DEPARTMENTS, UH, OR STATIONS, EXCUSE ME, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE STATION ONE AND FIRE STATION TWO.
UH, AND THEY ARE OPERATING AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, OF CALL AND RESPONSES.
SO STATION 14 IS GONNA PROVIDE DIRECT RELIEF TO BOTH OF THOSE STATIONS.
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THAT'S ONE AREA.THE SECOND AREA I WOULD REALLY SAY IS ALSO IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IF HAVING THE HEADQUARTERS IN THE TRAINING CENTER, UM, HAVING THE RIGHT FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN OUR OFFICERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME OUT WITH, UM, WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR THE PLANO COMMUNITY IS CRITICAL.
AND HAVING SPACE FOR OUR, UH, OFFICERS TO BE CO-LOCATED IN THAT HEADQUARTERS IS GONNA ALLOW FOR MORE COLLABORATION, MORE COORDINATION AND MORE COMMUNICATION, UH, AMONG OUR OFFICERS.
AND THEN ON A DAILY BASIS, WE KNOW THAT ROADS, UH, IN PLANO NEED SOME ATTENTION.
UM, SO THOSE CONTINUED REPAIRS THAT WE'RE MAKING, UM, WE DO APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE DISRUPTION, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE REPAIRS ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE QUALITY OF ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE FOR THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.
SO THOSE ARE SEVERAL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON A DAILY BASIS.
UH, GREAT QUESTION FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCE.
AND AGAIN FOLKS, IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, AGAIN, PLANO.GOV 20 SLASH 2025 BOND AND, UH, WE ARE ABOUT TO WRAP UP OUR CALL.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE PHONE, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM THE CITY, STAY ON THE LINE, LEAVE A VOICEMAIL MESSAGE.
AND IF YOU DO NEED SOMEBODY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, JUST LEAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND, UH, SOMEONE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS HERE.
AND WITH THAT, UH, IT IS TIME TO WRAP UP OUR CA OUR CALL, TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR MUNZ, TAKE US TO THE CLOSE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENING'S TELEPHONE TOWN HALL.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
IF THERE WERE ANY THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED TONIGHT, PLEASE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH US BY SUBMITTING THEM ONLINE AT FACEBOOK.COM/CITY OF PLANO, TX.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM, YOU CAN VISIT THE PLANO.GOV/ 2025 BOND.
THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR THE PLANO TOWN HALL.