Frisco | March 2023

FRISCO’S CAPITAL ROADMAP

City sta planned several projects related to roads, parks, trails and facilities that could be funded by general obligation bonds after the May 6 election.

PROPOSITION A Public safety

PROPOSITION B Street and road construction

PROPOSITION C City service facilities

Proposition A would fund a potential new training center as well as re and police departments, if approved. $131.4M

$240M

This proposition includes a joint facility to be shared by city departments. $39M

City sta presented several projects related to roads, parks, trails and facilities that would be funded by money from bonds.

Maintenance facility

ON THE MAP

Funded by the bond Partially funded by the bond

Public safety training center

21,000 square feet for oces and cubicles 10,000 square feet for a climate-controlled workspace for mechanics and storage 12,000 square feet for other oces, cubicles and storage for building services Shared conference rooms, training rooms, break rooms and parking

New re eet services building

Police simulation center

Police ring range

Projecting Road Costs

Frisco’s Engineering Services Department estimated the cost of constructing one lane for 1 mile and presented to the bond committee. One lane for 1 mile

Fire department

New Fire Station No. 11

Remodel of Fire Station No. 4

New equipment and apparatuses

Paving: Drainage: Lighting:

$1.05M $0.5M $0.35M

$0.6M $0.4M $0.3M

Irrigation & landscaping: Conduit materials: Design:

Logistics center addition

Police department

15,000-18,000 square feet Climate-controlled warehouse

Parking garage and lot at headquarters

Software and infrastructure improvements at headquarters

Total cost: $3.2M

Increased storage racks and open oor space

The 2023 bond election calls for more bond money than previous elections, according to a bond committee presentation.

COMPARING BOND ELECTIONS

Fire department facilities

Police department facilities

Street and road construction and improvements

City service facilities

Parks, trails and recreation facilities

Parking garage

Frisco municipal center/ city hall complex

Library Other

$267.8M Total

2015

151,030

$125M

$37M

$32.3M $32M $31M $10.5M

$345M Total

2019

190,093

$155M

$62M

$53.5M

$37M $25.5M $12M

$473.4M Total

2023

230,000

$240M

$71.5M

$59.9M

$43M $39M $20M

SOURCE: CITY OF FRISCOCOMMUNITY IMPACT

The only proposition recommended by the Citizen Bond Committee to not make it onto the May 6 ballot was a proposed $5 million for the construc- tion of an animal shelter in Frisco. The recommendation was not supported by city sta. Among the called propositions, Proposition A would authorize $131.4 million in bonds for both the re and police departments. If approved by voters, the bonds would fund a new re station, equipment, vehicles, a remodel of Fire Station No. 4 and a new re eet services building. Bonds from this proposition would also fund a new parking garage at the police department headquarters and the second phase of a public safety training center for both departments. Proposition B would authorize $240 million in bonds for street and road construction and improvements. Proposition C would allocate $39 million for a joint parks operation facility/building services maintenance building and an additional logistics center building. Parks and Recreation Director Shan- non Coates said the new facility would

to do with the cost of construction than an increase in road projects. The cost of constructing one lane for 1 mile saw about a 25% increase since 2021, he said. “We work closely with development services, which is another city depart- ment, [and] the planning group here with the city, to understand what the needs are now and what they’re going to be,” Knippel said. The plan is translated into a col- or-coded spreadsheet representing the stage of each project and the funding it has received, he said. “The further you get out on the ve- year plan, roadways are often in the planning stage,” Knippel said. “We are anticipating that they’re going to be needed, [and] we know about how much they’re going to cost.” The city’s transportation division measures trac, and the data assists in determining project priority. For example, a four-lane road typ- ically sees 20,000-30,000 cars every day, Knippel said. If daily use goes over that, it is a sign to increase the road. “[A road’s] ability to process trac begins to diminish after it begins to see

give the department more space for equipment and more employees. The parks and recreation department has about 74 sta members. At build-out, the department is expecting to employ between 140-150 people. If approved, Proposition D would fund about $43 million for parks, trails and open-space projects. The plan is heavily focused on connectivity via hike and bike trails, according to a department presentation to the bond The $240 million proposition for street and road construction and improvements is about $85 million more than what voters approved in 2019. The city still has $25 million in bonds from previous elections, accord- ing to an Oct. 24 presentation. “Part of this is more than we typi- cally would put for roads on a bond,” Cheney said during a Feb. 7 council meeting. “A big part of that is cost escalation.” Engineering Services Director Paul Knippel said the increase in bond money requested for roads has more committee Nov. 7. Streets and roads

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in the southwest quadrant of the city that would lower response times to calls in the area. More funding is also needed for road construction in Frisco’s northern corridor, including Fields Parkway and Frisco Street. Frisco last held a bond election in 2019 that provided funding for the city’s new public library, which opened in March. Voters approved every bond proposition on the ballot in 2015 and 2019. Approaching build-out All of the city’s departments have long-term master plans to gauge when they need bond money for projects, Frisco Chief Financial Ocer Anita Cothran said. “We base those proposition requests on departments’ long-range planning,” Cothran said. Once city ocials determine which projects need funding and when, they are presented to the bond committee to consider before it goes to council. Not all requested propositions make it to the ballot.

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