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BY ALEX REECE
Frisco identi es animal shelter site, no timeline for project
Frisco has a potential site picked out for an animal shelter but no plans to build one—yet. In response to a resident’s question during a Feb. 3 town hall, City Manager Wes Pierson con rmed the city has been trying to nd a private partner to bring an animal shelter to Frisco. Put in perspective City o cials have a location in mind where an animal shelter could go if they found a private partner, Pierson said. The site, located inside a piece of north Frisco near PGA Parkway called the Luminant Tract, is owned by Frisco’s Community Development Corporation. The city is in the process of developing the land for a North Texas Municipal Water District transfer station and a commercial recycling center, Pierson said. It is also where an animal shelter would go once development is completed and if the city nds a partner, he said.
“The City Council has given direction to our city manager under the terms that we would be willing to move forward with our own animal shelter,” Mayor Je Cheney said. “They’ve already identi- ed a place where it would go. They’re pursuing partners, and if that opportunity presents itself, then the council will be prepared to vote on that and move forward with that.” Looking back Frisco almost had an animal shelter project included in its May 2023 bond. The city’s bond committee at the time proposed a $5 million prop- osition for constructing, improving and equipping an animal shelter located in Frisco to the bond package earlier that year. The proposition was ultimately not placed on the ballot with city o cials saying they would continue to explore partnership opportunities. Frisco has a partnership with the Collin County Animal Shelter, which is located in McKinney.
The city currently has a partnership with the Collin County Animal Shelter.
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