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Plano City Council meets at 7 p.m. March 28 and April 11. Meetings are held at 1520 K Ave., Plano, and can be streamed online. 972-941-7000. www.plano.gov Plano ISD board of trustees meets at 6 p.m. April 5 and 19 at the PISD Administration Center, 2700 W. 15th St., Plano. 469-752-8100. www.pisd.edu MEETINGSWE COVER according to the city’s website. NORTHTEXAS Plano residents may notice an abnormal taste and smell in their tap water during March due to routine maintenance by the region’s water district. The North Texas Municipal Water District announced it would temporarily change its disinfection process by removing ammonia as part of its annual routine maintenance work. According to the district, chlorine in water may be more noticeable throughout the month as maintenance will continue through March 29. CITYHIGHLIGHTS PLANO Renovations at Evans Park will likely conclude this summer, according to city sta . Improvements at the park, located at 1712 Silverwood Lane, include replacing equipment and a playground pit; adding a pavilion; renovating lighting and trails; improving the basketball court; restoring the park’s creek; replacing the irrigation system; constructing landscape; and more, according to the project’s concept plan. PLANO The city will replace nearly 3,000 feet of screening wall, sidewalk and alley pavement along both sides of Independence Parkway from Lanarc Drive to Loch Haven Drive. The project will cost around $1.9 million, according to city documents. City Council approved the project amount at its Feb. 14 meeting. Funding will come out of the city’s community investment program, which monitors infrastructure needs across Plano,
TheresaWilliams named lone nalist for superintendent
New trees to be added to roadways
BY ERICK PIRAYESH
BY WILLIAM C. WADSACK
PLANO A new line of trees will be planted along Spring Creek Parkway in Plano as part of a city initiative to maintain its “urban forestry.” The Plano Urban Forest Master Plan manages the city’s tree population. Plano City Council approved the new tree line during its Feb. 28 meeting. The trees will be planted in the median along Spring Creek from Parkwood Boulevard to Midway Road. Another line of trees will be planted on Midway from Spring Creek to McKamy Trail, per the approved plan.
SUPERINTENDENT CHANGE
PLANO ISD The district’s board of trustees named Theresa Williams, Plano ISD’s deputy superintendent and chief operating o cer, as the lone nalist Feb. 28 to take over as superin- tendent later this year. Acting Superintendent Sara Bonser informed PISD’s board of trustees Jan. 25 that she plans to retire at the end of the school year. Williams has been in her current position since 2018. “I cannot think of a higher honor than you entrusting me with the priv- ilege of serving as your next super- intendent,” Williams said following the board’s vote. “Thank you for your con dence and your trust in me and my leadership.” School districts are required by state law to wait 21 days after naming a lone nalist for the position of superinten- dent before o cially hiring them.
The Plano ISD board of trustees picked Superintendent Sara Bonser’s successor a little more than a month after being informed of her decision to retire. JAN. 25: Sara Bonser announces her decision to retire JAN. 27: Plano ISD board votes to begin internal search for next superintendent FEB. 21: Board does closed session
interviews for the position. FEB. 28: Plano ISD board names lone nalist JULY 1: Theresa Williams to become
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Collin CreekMall work still on track
REVITALIZATION PROJECT
The $1 billion redevelopment of Collin Creek Mall will include (in square feet):
BY ERICK PIRAYESH
through various bonds. The rest of the project will be funded privately, city documents state. Peter Braster, Plano’s director of special projects, said demolition work is mostly complete, and construc- tion on the underground garage is underway. He said the next phase of construc- tion will be to shore up the building’s foundation and start constructing new walls.
PLANO Construction of the Collin Creek Mall redevelopment in Plano is on track despite some cold weather that made its way into North Texas in February, city o cials said. The $1 billion development will renovate the former Collin Creek Mall site and the surrounding area. The city is expected to contribute $97 million to the project via revenue from a tax nancing zone as well as
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