Government
BY CONNOR PITTMAN
Plano receives grant to fund traffic enforcement
Plano staff outline legislative priorities Plano City Council adopted its legislative priorities at the Oct. 28 meeting. City officials are expected to work with various stakeholders in the legislative process to further Plano’s legislative priorities. The big picture Andrew Fortune, Plano’s director of policy and government relations, said there are four
Plano is set to receive grant funding, which will help cover the costs for law enforcement activities at high crash intersections within the city. A resolution to receive partial reimbursement for nearly $153,806 grant was approved by Plano City Council during the Oct. 14 meeting. The city is required to provide around $33,832 in local matching funds while more than $119,973 will be reimbursed through federal funding for the grant. Two-minute impact Grant funding will be allocated by the Texas Department of Transportation, according to city documents. The grant will help cover expenses for enforcing traffic laws, primarily at intersections with higher numbers of red light crashes. What else? The $33,832 in local funds for the fiscal year 2024-25 grant will be budgeted through Plano’s traffic safety fund, according to city documents.
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areas of focus, including: • Maintaining local control • Addressing DART funding
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• Getting Plano added to cities allowed to use qualified hotel project funding mechanisms • Imposing stricter regulations on public facility corporations and housing finance corporations
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Plano City Council approves $178.5K for Hall Park master planning efforts Work for a future Plano park, Hall Park, is set to begin next year with funding in place to support public outreach, planning and cost estimations for the facility. Future site of Hall Park
The big picture The city plans to host three to four engagement windows for the project, Jordan said, adding that each will be open for around three weeks. The windows will also include surveys. The city has owned the 38 acres that could make up the park since 2010, Jordan said.
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Plano City Council approved $178,500 to fund master planning efforts for Hall Park at the Oct. 14 meeting. The park is going to be located near the corner of Alma Drive and West Park Boulevard.
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