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BY CONNOR PITTMAN
Plano receives grant to fund tra c enforcement
Plano sta outline legislative priorities Plano City Council adopted its legislative priorities at the Oct. 28 meeting. City o cials 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 sta starts planning e orts for new Hall Park 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. Plano City Council approved $178,500 to fund master planning e orts 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. The big picture The city has owned the 38 acres that could make up the park since 2010, Plano Park Planning Manager Renee Jordan said. 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 tra c laws, primarily at intersections with higher numbers of red light crashes. What else? The $33,832 in local funds for the scal year 2024-25 grant will be budgeted through Plano’s tra c 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 quali ed hotel project funding mechanisms • Imposing stricter regulations on public facility corporations and housing nance corporations
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More retail, identity sign set for Beacon Square Additional retail and an identity sign are slated for the rst phase of Plano’s Beacon Square, a mixed-use development created by the Dal- las-based Billingsley Company. Plano City Council approved an amended phasing plan for Beacon Square along with an allowance for a cube-shaped branding sign along Coit Road during the Oct. 28 meeting. What’s happening Director of Planning Christina Day said the developer is looking to build out more retail in the rst phase following the success of existing shops near the frontage with Coit Road. Around 24,000 square feet of retail space originally planned for the third or fourth phase will be added, according to city documents. Based on the addition, there will be 262,600 square feet of retail compared to the originally planned 238,640 square feet. Once completed, the 83-acre mixed-use develop- ment will include residential, retail and o ce uses. Diving deeper The proposed identity sign required council
An updated plan for Plano’s Beacon Square includes more retail space and an identity sign.
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approval because its cube shape is not permitted within the city code, per city documents. Text will be included on two sides of the sign, which will also be backlit, o cials said. The new identity sign would count toward the three-sign limit included in the development’s regulations, according to city documents. One more thing City o cials said a second and third phase are planned for Beacon Square in the future.
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