Government
BY DUSTIN BUTLER & MICHAEL CROUCHLEY
Council approves permit for senior activity center Richardson seniors may have a new senior activity center to visit soon. Richardson City Council approved a special permit allowing a privately owned senior activity center during the Sept. 8 meeting. The details The senior activity center, which would be located at 1750 E. Belt Line Road, would offer a number of activities, programs and services, including classes such as yoga, dance and more, according to city documents. The 11,500-square-foot space was previously occupied by Tuesday Morning, Senior Planner Derica Peters said. What else It would also include a dining and assembly hall that can seat about 150 people offering daily
Council approves TIRZ agreement with DART The city of Richardson will start sharing a portion of sales tax revenue growth with Dallas Area Rapid Transit to help fund DART’s economic development efforts in the city. In a nutshell The interlocal agreement allows both entities to participate in a Tax Increment Finance district, or TIF. All member cities are eligible to partici- pate in a TIF with DART but must execute the agreement by Dec. 31. Some context Cities can establish a TIF, which allows tax revenue collected within the zone to then be used for economic development.
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meals prepared in-house. On-site nursing staff will monitor and assist individuals with medical needs. Transportation services would also be included for individuals who are not able to drive them- selves to and from the center, per the documents. Richardson has an existing senior center, located at 820 W. Arapaho Road. A variety of resources available to Richardson residents over 50 years old can be found on the city’s website, www.cor.net/ departments/parks-recreation/senior-center.
$418M budget, tax rate adopted by Richardson
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Richardson City Council approved the $418 million budget and proposed tax rate during the Sept. 15 meeting. The gist The budget includes $181.3 million in expected general fund revenues, a 0.32% increase from the 2024-25 proposed budget. General fund expenditures, which covers the city’s operational costs, are budgeted at $181.5 million. The budget includes an up to 4.5% merit-based pay increase for police and fire personnel and up to 2.5% increase for all other city staff.
What else? Council approved a tax rate of $0.54218 per $100 of assessed value, no change from the current rate. Property taxes rates have two components: • The maintenance and operations portion is $0.32439 per $100 of accessed value. • The interest and sinking portion is $0.21779 per $100 of accessed value. While the tax rate is set to stay the same, resi- dents may pay more in taxes because of changing property values, City Manager Don Magner said.
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Improvements set for Shiloh Pump Station Construction work to improve North Texas Municipal Water District’s Shiloh Pump Station in Richardson will begin soon, a district representative said. What’s being done Improvements costing about $40 million are expected to finish in summer 2028, and will include rehabilitation of the station and installing a second ground water storage tank at the site. Once complete, the improvements will increase the capacity of the pump station to 75 million gallons per day.
Tax rate over time The city of Richardson's property tax rate has stayed the same or decreased over the last five years. Tax rate per $100 valuation
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