CITY & SCHOOLS
News from McKinney & Collin College
HIGHLIGHTS MCKINNEY Assistant Fire Chief Paul Dow was named interim re chief after former Fire Chief Danny Kistner announced his retirement, according to a city news release. Dow began the role on Feb. 1, following Kistner’s departure from the department. Dow has more than 27 years of experience, including as a re chief in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from 2018-21. Dow joined the McKinney Fire Department as assistant re chief in 2022 following his time as a consultant for the city to develop the Fire O cer Training Program. McKinney City Council meets at 6 p.m. March 7 and 21 at McKinney City Hall, 222 N. Tennessee St., McKinney. www.mckinneytexas.org Collin County Commissioners Court meets at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 27, and March 6, 13 and 20 at the Jack Hatchell Administration Building, 2300 Bloomdale Road, McKinney. www.collincountytx.gov McKinney ISD board of trustees meets at 6 p.m. Feb. 28 MISD Stadium, 4201 S. Hardin Blvd., McKinney. www.mckinneyisd.net MEETINGS WE COVER
McKinney to hold $200M bond election for airport expansion
City planning for downtown redevelopment
POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT The properties being considered for redevelopment are city-owned. 1 Development services building 2 City hall 3 Parking lots
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The bond, if approved by voters, would fund the addition of a new 144,000-square-foot terminal to the east side of the airport. The terminal would include four gates with room to grow to 16 gates, 2,000 parking spaces, dining, retail and enhanced passenger experience amenities. The overall project scope is $300 million, and city o cials expect to ll the $100 million gap between the total cost and the potential bond funds with grants, possibly from the Federal Aviation Administration. City o cials plan to hold two open house sessions—one in March and another in April—for community members to learn about an envi- ronmental impact study conducted for the project prior to the spring election, Assistant City Manager Barry Shelton said. “These open houses are being planned prior to us having the full
MCKINNEY Residents will vote this May on a $200 million bond package for the potential expansion and addi- tion of commercial passenger service at McKinney National Airport. City Council placed the item on the May 6 ballot following a 6-0 vote at a Feb. 7 meeting. Mayor Pro Tem Rainey Rogers was not present. “It’s important for everyone to know that this bond election is a step, not the nal step, in the diligence, the analysis, the preparation for commer- cial passenger service,” McKinney Mayor George Fuller said. A bond committee was convened in September to consider the potential expansion of the airport. Following a series of meetings, the bond commit- tee recommended the process move forward and the item be added to the May election ballot during a Jan. 17 council work session.
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Students work on a car at Collin College Technical Campus.
MCKINNEY City Council is interested in pursuing the potential redevelopment of four city-owned properties in downtown McKinney. Four of the 22 city-owned prop- erties, which were identi ed during a Jan. 24 council work session, are being targeted for possible redevel- opment. These sites include city hall, the development services building and two neighboring parking lots. City services are expected to tran- sition in late 2024 to the new city hall that is under construction, leaving the existing buildings unoccupied. The properties total about 4.6 acres and have a total assessed value of about $3.2 million. Options presented by city sta included retaining the properties, selling the properties or redeveloping
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preliminary draft of the document,” Shelton said. “We want to get it out, and we know it’s important for the citizens who are going to go into the ballot box to choose whether or not the city moves forward with this. We want them to have the information, so we’re getting that out even earlier than we otherwise would have.” Fuller said council’s support for the airport expansion could change based on the outcome of the pending results of the environmental study. The expansion of the McKinney
National Airport has been in the airport’s master plan since 2012, according to city o cials. The airport provides general aviation services, such as private business ights, ight training and medical transport, and has been undergoing various expansion projects for some time. The bond election will be part of the May 6 general election as a single prop- osition item. For more information about the proposed airport expansion, visit www.y-mckinney.com.
COLLIN COLLEGE Thanks to a partnership with Toyota, Collin College students may enroll in the Technician Training & Education Network, or T TEN, program this fall. The program will provide stu- dents hands-on automotive diagno- sis and repair training, mentors and internship opportunities, according to a news release. The T TEN program will take place at Collin College’s Technical Campus in Allen.
the sites through a partnership between the city and a private developer. Council expressed interest in the partnership option, noting the process would allow it to consider community input. “We’re able to kind of be that liaison between public input and ... have a role in determining what gets built and developed,” Mayor George Fuller said.
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