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2023 Voter Guide

$683M Collin County bond could address growth

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A dog receives vaccines at the Collin County Animal Shelter on Sept. 21. Expansion of the animal shelter is one of ve propositions residents will see on their Nov. 7 ballot as part of the Collin County bond election.

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Impacts: Zero Gradi brings new gelato options to Frisco (Pages 69)

Government: Voters could decide re department structure (Page 12)

Education: Find local preschools in Frisco (Page 2427)

Dining: Wahta Ramen serves Asian comfort food in Frisco (Page 37)

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1 The Local Open The business offers private golf simulators, food and hand-crafted drinks, according to the company website. Food options include salsa, pizzas, sandwiches and burgers. • Opened Aug. 28 • 16702 Hollyhock Road, Ste. 200, Frisco • www.thelocalopen.com 2 Osaki+ Massage Chairs The store offers massage chairs that can be used at residential as well as commercial locations, according to a business representative. • Opened Sept. 1 • 12275 University Drive, Ste. 175, Frisco • www.osaki-frisco.com 3 German Doner Kebab The brand’s first Dallas-Fort Worth restaurant is open for dine-in and takeout, according to German Doner Kebab’s website. The restaurant serves a range of doner burgers, doner kebabs and doner wraps. Dishes can be made with beef or chicken, both of which are certified

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4 Flurry Fitness Along with boxing and kickboxing lessons, the gym will offer strength training and other workout options for men, women and children ages 5 and up. • Opening Oct. 14 • 12398 FM 423, Frisco • www.knockout-fitness.com 5 Anaya’s Seafood Scratch Kitchen The family-owned restaurant blends traditional American seafood with Tex-Mex flavors, a company representative said. Along with seafood, such as Chilean salmon and flounder, the restaurant also serves chicken

6 Chef N.I.C. & Co. The business started in 2012 in Arkansas and moved to Frisco in 2017. The business offers home meal solutions, which is “like meal prep but real good food,” Managing Partner and CFO Dominic Parks Jr. said. It also offers a private chef, meal prep and catering services. The location is open with venue space to accommodate parties, meetings and events of up to 60 people. • Opened in July • 6065 Sports Village Road, Ste. 700, Frisco • www.chefnic.com

7 Rockin’ Taco Bar The restaurant is under new ownership. It is serving up traditional recipes with slow-cooked meat on corn or flour tortillas, on-tap beer and signature cocktails. Rockin’ Taco Bar also hosts various live acts and DJs along with a series of events, including open mic nights, taco Tuesdays and “happiest hours” throughout the week. • Opened Aug. 13 • 6890 Main St., Frisco • www.rockintacobar.com

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2 Fit Body Boot Camp The location offers high-intensity group training as well as a nutrition program. All fitness levels are welcome, according to its website. • Opened Oct. 2 • 8250 Gaylord Parkway, Ste. 1, Frisco • www.fitbodybootcamp.com 3 Amity Psychiatry The new office offers therapy services for both children and adults. Services include treatment plans, psychiatric evaluations, addiction psychiatry and more, according to its website. • Opened mid-July • 12500 Lebanon Road, Ste. 101-102, Frisco • www.amitypsychiatry.com

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8 Miller Lite House The lounge includes a 300-square-foot cooler with more than 1,500 beverages available for purchase “weekdays, event days and game days alike,” according to its website. Snacks such as chips and candy are also available. • Opened Aug. 22 • 5 Cowboys Way, Ste. 125, Frisco • www.thestardistrict.com/tenants/miller- litehouse-at-the-star

9 Sidecar Social The social lounge offers brunch, drinks, lunch and dinner menus, according to a news release. It also features multiple video walls and group activities such as Skee-Ball, Ping-Pong, darts, cornhole and foosball. There are also private karaoke rooms and

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Former Wade Park to become multiuse space An empty space left behind by a failed planned development is getting new life. The details Frisco City Council members approved updated plans for The Mix during a Sept. 19 meeting. “There’s a lot of great things in this project,” council member Bill Woodard said. “I think they’re far better than what we had looked at the very first time around back when it was Wade Park.” Here is a quick look at what The Mix, located south of Lebanon Road along Dallas Parkway, will bring the area: • 650 hotel rooms • 3,299 multifamily residential units • 2.4 million square feet of office and retail space • A Whole Foods grocery store • More than 16 acres of open space, including a

Frisco updates food ordinances Revised definitions, fee adjustments and updated safety requirements were among the approved changes in Frisco’s food establishment ordinance. Frisco City Council members approved the multiple changes during a Sept. 19 meeting. The gist The city’s food ordinances were last updated in 2016 to align with a 2015 U.S. Food and Drug Administration code. The FDA later released a new food code in 2017, which the state adopted in 2021, Environmental Health Supervisor Jazalyn Harp said Aug. 1. “We would like to adopt the 2021 state code to ensure that [Frisco’s] ordinance aligns with all federal guidelines and the state code,” Harp said.

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City’s FY 2023-24 budget lowers property tax rate Frisco’s fiscal year 2023-24 budget will add 74 new positions across multiple departments. Frisco City Council members approved a $267 million general fund budget and a $0.432205 per $100 valuation tax rate during a Sept. 19 meeting. The breakdown The FY 2023-24 budget includes a general fund budget of $266.86 million, a roughly $21 million increase from last year’s projected end-of-year totals, according to budget documents. A new property tax was approved at $0.432205 per $100 valuation, the first change to Frisco’s rate since fiscal year 2018-19 when it was lowered from $0.45 to $0.4466. Here is how the property tax is broken down: • $0.289263 to maintenance and operations • $0.142942 interest and sinking

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$20.44M Administrative services $17.96M Public works $17.78M Information technologies $7.44M General government $7.37M Library services $18.52M Other* $9.97M Development services

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The Frisco Fire Fighters Association collected more than 5,000 signatures across two petitions asking for civil service and collective bargaining for reghters to be added to the May general election, association representatives said. “It’s going to be nice to nally get this on the ballot and let the citizens decide what kind of voice they want their reghters to have,” association President Matthew Sapp said. City ocials have 40 working days to present the signatures to Council, according to Texas law. Association members submitted the petitions Aug. 21, giving Frisco’s city secretary until Oct. 17. City ocials have declined to comment. Petitions could put re item on May 2024 ballot

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Frisco’s association members have been working to put civil service and collective bargaining on a ballot since 2020, Sapp said. They will potentially be on the May ballot as two dierent items. • Civil service: A system with a three-citizen commission to assess the hiring, ring and promotion of reghters. Under Frisco’s current system, city ocials have that power • Collective bargaining: A system allowing both the re department and the police department to become their own bargaining agents when it comes to agreements on wages, sta numbers and recruitment. Associate members believe civil service elimi- nates favoritism, association Secretary Treasurer Dustin Allen said.

Frisco association representatives submitted the two petitions on Aug. 21.

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Other North Texas cities, such as Plano, operate under a civil service system for both police and re departments. Texas cities use civil service to negotiate reghter and police ocer working conditions and pay, said John Riddle, president of the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters, in an emailed statement. “In Texas, 83 cities rely on some form of civil service in the re service,” Riddle said.

The Frisco association’s website will be updated to a campaign- style format as the city continues verifying the petition signatures. Some initial petition information has been removed from the website, but residents can still enter their contact information if they have questions. More updates are expected to come after the city veries the signatures.

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Frisco Public Library sees record-setting numbers at new site

The Frisco Public Library’s first six months at its new facility were its busiest ever, library data shows. Once located in the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, the library made the move to a former rocket factory at 8000 Dallas Parkway in early March. The new space more than tripled the library’s size, allowing library staff and guests to spread out across 158,068 square feet. “We are thrilled at how much the community’s embraced [the new library] and is using it,” Library Director Shelley Holley said. The breakdown The busiest month so far has been July with 110,000 guests, Holley said. Before moving into the new space, the busiest July the library had seen was in 2019 with 81,000 guests. “That is 30,000 more people through the doors in a single month,” Holley said. “That’s [an extra] thousand people a day.”

What they’re saying The higher-than-ever volume of library patrons has led to a busier-than-ever parking lot, Holley said. The parking lot has 425 paved spaces total, not including some unpaved spaces reserved for library staff. With an average of 350 patrons walking in every hour, the spaces tend to fill up fast over the summer, Holley said. Keep in mind The high volume of guests is expected, Holley said. Computer labs, study and conference rooms, reading areas, makers spaces and a Tiny Town all draw in their own crowds every day. Going forward Library traffic will slow now that summer is over, but the library is studying parking demand and availability to see whether additional options need to be added in the future, Holley said.

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Election

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Voter Guide

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Proposition E: The issuance of $380 million bonds for designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, extending, expanding, and maintaining roads and bridges within the county. Prosper ISD Proposition A: The issuance of $2.44 billion bonds for school facilities, the purchase of the necessary sites for school facilities and the purchase of new school buses. Proposition B: The issuance of $140 million of bonds for school technology improvements. Proposition C: The issuance of $102.43 million for school stadium facilities and the purchase of necessary sites for school stadium facilities. Proposition D: The issuance of $125 million of bonds for a performing arts center. There are 14 statewide constitutional amendments on the ballot as well. Learn more at www.communityimpact.com/voter-guide.

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Oct. 23: First day of early voting Oct. 27: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) Nov. 3: Last day of early voting Nov. 7: Election Day and the last day to receive ballot by mail (or Nov. 8 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election)

Collin County Voters in Collin County will choose “For” or “Against” on the propositions. Proposition A: The issuance of $251.86 million for designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, expanding, and equipping court facilities and juvenile and adult detention facilities. Proposition B: The issuance of $5.7 million bonds for designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, expanding, and equipping the existing Collin County animal shelter. Proposition C: The issuance of $13.36 million bonds for designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, expanding, and equipping Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office facilities. Proposition D: The issuance of $22.45 million bonds for acquiring, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, and equipping land for park and open space purposes, including participation in joint county-city projects.

Where to vote

Collin County and Denton County residents can vote at any polling location during early voting. Denton County residents must vote at their designated polling location on Election Day. Collin County residents can vote at any polling site.

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Shelter updates could ll Frisco needs

Digging deeper

The Frisco Citizen Bond Committee recom- mended a $5 million bond item to build a shelter on its May 2023 general election ballot. Frisco City Council members ultimately decided against including the item.

shelter. “We’ve been so full this year,” Brown said. “[There are] dogs in the crates in the hallway because we don’t have enough kennel space, [and] cats we’ve been buddying up [with] younger ones [to] make more room. It’s very much needed.” Multiple crates of dogs are being kept in the shelter hallways due to a lack of kennel space.

A nearly $6 million expansion to the Collin County Animal Shelter to be considered by voters on the Nov. 7 ballot could help ease growing pains in Frisco and nearby cities. One piece of a $683 million bond package on the ballot is a $5.7 million renovation project for the animal shelter that would be completed by February 2027. The expansion is desperately needed, said Joanie Brown, an animal control ocer at the

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City leaders have had multiple meetings with potential partners for an animal shelter over the years, but none have been the right t, Mayor Je Cheney said at a Sept. 25 town hall. “There has not been a viable partner that has presented itself at this point,” Cheney said. “City Council [and] city sta are still exploring those [options].” Animal intake rate The Collin County shelter has seen an increase in need in recent years. Intake numbers from July to July

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$683M Collin County bond could address growth

Diving deeper

The overview

As Collin County’s population grows, so does the number of animals and pets housed at its animal shelter, county officials said. The shelter expansion is desperately needed, said Joanie Brown, a Collin County Animal Shelter animal control officer. The shelter was built in 2006 and has not been expanded in that time. “[The shelter hasn’t] grown so we’re just extra full with having to house all the extra animals,” Brown said. Collin County cities, such as Frisco, McKinney, Prosper and Celina, contribute animals to the shelter through their individual animal control departments, Development Services Manager Misty Brown said via email. Other entities, such as Plano, have their own shelters available. County population growth also has led to a need for more outdoor spaces, officials said. Some bond funds from Proposition D are earmarked to improve Frisco parks. Three Frisco parks are recommended to receive funding to cover portions of three outdoor space projects. The funding for the projects was requested by city officials.

allocate funds to expand the county’s animal shelter. Proposition C would replace the existing medical examiner’s office, and Proposition D would direct funds to a number of parks. Proposition E, the largest funding sum, will go toward various road projects. County officials said the road projects are expected to include: • Rebuilding county roads that are projected to be overloaded • Developing regional corridor roadways • Improving city thoroughfares Some roadways within the county see 10,000 cars a day, Public Works Director Jon Kleinheksel said. Beyond traffic numbers, large trucks used for development construction are causing wear and tear on existing roads, so upgrading those roads and creating new ones is essential, he said.

Collin County officials point to the county’s continual population growth as the main reason behind the $683.4 million bond package voters will consider as part of the Nov. 7 ballot. County officials are looking to make infrastructure and facility improvements due to their increased use by the growing population. “Growth is the big issue,” county Engineering Director Clarence Daugherty said. “Collin County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, and that just puts a strain on all the services in the county.” Daugherty worked with the county planning board, which organized the bond package for the commissioners’ approval. Proposition A would include an expansion of the justice facilities. Proposition B would

Collin County bond Collin County residents will see a $683 million bond on the Nov. 7 ballot. The bond is broken into five propositions that will address county growth.

Proposition A: $261.86M justice facility projects Proposition B: $5.7M county’s animal shelter Proposition C: $13.36M medical examiner’s office

Proposition D: $22.45M parks and open spaces Proposition E: $380M various road projects

Parvin Branch Trail connector • $351,255 project cost • $100,000 recommended funding Independence hike and bike trail • $606,660 project cost • $211,920 recommended funding Powerline hike and bike trail • $1.23 million project cost • $250,681 recommended funding

Bond total $683M

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Also of note

Collin County juvenile arrests The number of law enforcement arrests for juveniles is projected to rise, which will require additional capacity.

2016, though there was a dip in 2020-21 because of COVID-19, according to county data. Juvenile arrests are projected to grow by nearly 47% from 2022 to 2028. As the population increases in the county, it also means more cases the medical examiner will need to process, Daugherty said. Proposition C looks to replace the existing medical examiner office with a new one that will be larger and better equipped, Daughtery said. • The project would be partially funded for nearly $4 million by the American Rescue Plan Act. • The original building was built in the 1980s.

Justice facility projects to be funded by Proposi- tion A include: • Completion of the Adult Detention Center infir- mary expansion and the jail kitchen renovation • Expansion of the Russell A. Steindam Courts Building to add 12 courtrooms and office suites as well as a garage for 400-plus vehicles • Construction of an additional housing cluster for the Juvenile Justice Department as well as the relocation and expansion of the Plano Juvenile Probation Office ”More population means unfortunately more people need to be jailed,” Daugherty said. The county’s juvenile center has seen an increase in the number of juvenile arrests since

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The cost

The takeaway

County’s debt tax rate The debt portion of the county’s tax rate has been decreasing over the past few years.

The bond, if passed, will not increase the county’s debt tax rate, Daugherty said. Though the tax rate is almost 6% lower than previous years, 2023 average home values are nearly 14% higher than 2022, according to a county presentation. “The law limits the increase of taxable value to 10% per year if you have a homestead exemp- tion,” Daugherty said. Roughly, the debt tax rate will be about the same rate residents saw last year, he said. The average Collin County homeowner will see a $7 increase in their tax bill that will go to debt service, Daugherty said.

The planning board narrowed the bond scope for commissioners. “We really do feel like we’re kind of behind a little bit on where the growth is,” board Chair Rusty Glover said at an Aug. 7 commissioners meeting. Collin County’s population is set to nearly triple to 3.4 million people near 2070, Daughtery said. “This growth is not something new,” he said. “It’s not just a flash in the pan.”

Fiscal year 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24*

Debt tax rate | per $100 valuation $0.052

$0.05203 $0.051251 $0.044271 $0.04185

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FISD partners with Collin College for dual-credit Frisco ISD students will have the opportunity to earn college credit through a renewed partnership with Collin College. The overview The board approved the agreement with the Collin County Community College District on Sept. 18. Through the dual-credit program, students will simultaneously receive academic credit from the college and high school. Dual-credit courses are taught by college pro- fessors, and the grades earned will be posted on a student’s college and high school transcript. The specifics FISD has partnered with the college for dual credit courses since 1987. Students enrolled in dual-credit will pay the Collin County tuition rate. Those in the free or

FISD staff to receive $250 supply stipends Some employees in Frisco ISD were given $250 to help pay for classroom supplies for the 2023-24 school year. The stipend was approved by the FISD board of trustees Aug. 14. A portion of the district’s general fund balance will be used for the incentive payments, according to the board’s resolution. The details During the board meeting, Kimberly Smith, FISD chief finance and strategy officer, said employees who received the sti- pend on their September paycheck include: • Teachers • Teacher facilitators • Librarians • Speech therapists

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Frisco ISD implements new state-mandated vaping policy

A new state vaping law could place Frisco ISD students who violate it in the district’s alternative school. The updated policy, found in the 2023-24 school year student code of conduct, has the district in compliance with new state laws regarding e-ciga- rette use, also known as vaping, by students. “We are sure that this is going to be a significant change for our families and our students,” said Paige Hoes, FISD’S managing director of secondary

subject to a mandatory 10-day placement in the program. Students attending the program are prohibited from: • Attending school-sponsored events • Participating in athletics or extracurricular activities • Entering district property other than the center If the alternative school is at capacity, then students will be given in-school-suspension before being transferred. The district’s center can hold 120 students, but it may be less depending on staffing. Also of note Hoes said the district added a section on mar- ijuana products to the 2023-24 student code of conduct. Students will be placed in the program if found using, possessing or under the influence of products containing hemp, CBD or THC.

Frisco ISD vaping offense trends FISD saw an increase in the number of e-cigarette-related offenses. FISD updated its policy following a new law.

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FISD’s alternative school can hold 120 students

House Bill 114, which went into effect Sept. 1, requires students be placed in a district’s Disci- plinary Alternative Education Program, or DAEP, if a student possesses, sells, gives, delivers or uses an e-cigarette at or within 300 feet of school property. What parents should know If a student is caught with a device, they are

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Frisco ISD joins lawsuit against TEA over AF accountability

said. “Frisco ISD and other schools across the state support increasing standards. This is about the advanced notice that schools and communities should have when [the TEA] is going to change how [it’s] measuring schools.” Why it matters The lawsuit is seeking one of two options for the accountability scores: • For the commissioner to issue ratings for the 2022-23 school year and the 2023-24 school year using the existing system • For the commissioner to issue no ratings for the two school years FISD Trustee René Archambault said the changes are a retroactive measure the TEA is trying to impose on districts. The last three years have been “unprecedented” for education because of COVID- 19, she said, and district ocials in Texas have worked to meet the requirements.

Frisco ISD ocials joined several other state school districts in a lawsuit against the Texas

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