Early voting has started for the Nov. 4 election. Among the measures on the ballot is one asking about late-night hours in Frisco. Currently, restaurants and bars in Frisco must stop selling alcohol at midnight six days a week and at 1 a.m. on Saturdays. Some businesses want the option to continue selling alcohol until 2 a.m. every night, which is the policy in many neighboring cities. A yes vote on the November ballot would put the decision for late-night hours back in the hands of the Frisco City Council. A no vote would leave the current hours in place. If the measure is approved, the council would take up the issue at a subsequent council meeting. The wording on the ballot may be confusing to some, but that’s the legal language required to repeal the decision that voters made in 2008 to overrule the city council’s 2007 decision to allow late-night hours. For more detailed information on the ballot measure, click here for the city’s information. For sample ballots and early polling places and hours, click here for Collin County and here for Denton County.
Frisco’s Citizen Bond Committee will reconvene in November to decide what projects to put before voters for possible funding in the May 2015 election. Frisco voters previously approved a $197 million bond package in 2002 and a $198 million bond package in 2006. Only about $33 million is left from the 2006 bond package, all of which is tied to specific projects. Among the needs to be considered by the committee are a library expansion, more parkland, more hike and bike trails, new facilities for municipal court and parks administration, fire department needs, Grand Park, an expanded senior center and road improvements. Frisco City Council members filled some vacancies on the committee at their Tuesday meeting. For more information about the committee’s role, watch the presentation at Monday’s Frisco Town Hall meeting. Click here for a link to the video.
Congratulations to Centennial High School senior Mary Darden, who won a $3,600 college scholarship to the school of her choice in the video contest sponsored by Fireball Run and the Frisco Education Foundation. Her award was presented Tuesday. Click here to view her winning video entry on Frisco.
The Frisco City Council voted against starting the process to consider rezoning about 93 acres near County Road 26 and Preston Road. The city had received interest in rezoning the property from industrial to residential. But the request does not comply with the current comprehensive plan, which is in the process of being updated. Council members voted 5-0 on Tuesday against calling a public hearing on the request.
The city of Frisco has been doing a good job reducing its water use during the Stage 3 water restrictions. In 2013, the city used about 180 gallons per person per day. That compares with 153 gallons per person per day used so far this year. “Our water waste is being reduced by our good residents, which allows more water for all of us,” Frisco Public Works Director Gary Hartwell reported on Monday.
The Gary Burns Annual Fun Run benefiting the Frisco Education Foundation starts at 8 a.m. Saturday outside Toyota Stadium, 9200 World Cup Way in Frisco. Registration is being accepted for the one-mile fun run and 5K. Click here to learn more.
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