City council allocates opposition to Richardson airport expansion
At Monday's meeting residents and NICE activists condemned the Richardson airport expansion amid noisy heckling as Councilman Bob Ellis criticized FAA attitudes and a major resolution opposing the plan passed unanimously. The council then debated a Hunt Properties land study near FM 544 seeking a park site for south Plano residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Bob Ellis
Richardson
NICE
Norman Whitsitt
Whitsitt
Doc White
White
Plano
Hunt Properties
FM 544
Custer Rd
Planning and Zoning Commission
Park Board
Amy Wilson
Jim Murrell
Plano Heritage Assn
Hunt
Ellis
Sherrill
Joe Bill Griffin Jr
Louise
John Waddell
Mike Newman
Randy Rainwater
Hunt Properties backs park land stance in council vote
Hunt Properties offered land at cost or appraised value for park sites while donated acres for Wilson and Shepard schools and two Pitman Creek sites were cited. The council approved a land study with conditions to buy two acres to save the Wilson home and seek a three to five acre interior park site, amid ongoing price concerns.
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Wilson and Shepard
Pitman Creek
Warner Richeson
Bob Woodruff
Amy Wilson
Glencliff
Wilson
John Waddell
Joe Bill Griffin
Waddell
Hunt Properties
Murrell
Hunt
New Courthouse Bond Plan Called For Collin County
County commissioners appointed Roland Boyd of McKinney to draft a nonpartisan plan to call and carry a bond election for a new courthouse. The unanimous vote approved Dickerson's motion despite delaying requests for immediate space or facility improvements. Boyd is to report a plan by a stated deadline.
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Roland Boyd
McKinney
Collin County Commissioners Court
Bailey Dickerson
Dickerson
Collin County
Police Pause For Quiet Weekend Reported By City
The weekend produced no arrests Friday or Sunday while police logged 110 calls and investigated 15 thefts. Fifteen people were arrested Saturday for various offenses including driving while intoxicated and public drunkenness. Week totals noted 32 arrests across offenses and ongoing court plans were discussed with Judge Ryan and commissioners awaiting architect Moore’s feasibility study.
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Johnny Skipworth
Parker
Alma Roads
Martha Benthal
Alberta Kirk
Sylvan Drive
Avenue P
Dickerson
Tom Ryan
199Th Judicial District Court
Judge Ryan
Harvey Moore
CAC Sub Committee Group Tours Plan
The municipal facilities sub committee of the Citizens Advisory Committee will survey city facilities Tuesday evening to guide future needs. Led by chairman Dale Williamson the 25 member panel will bus through admin police fire library and service center sites before delivering recommendations to the city council and school board in late 1974 or early 1975. Vice chairman Byron Schaff was elected June 6 with several named members and staff advisory support from city personnel and the library board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Advisory Committee
Dale Williamson
Municipal Facilities Group
School Board
Byron Schaff
Travis Berry
William H Brown
Martha Campbell
William P. Carter
Robert Chronister
Bryan Day
James G. Dilts
J.F. Ford
Bill Gant
Bob Goodman
James Griffin
Laura Hilbun
New Tax Notice Due Soon in Plano and ISD
Property owners in Plano and the Plano ISD will soon receive mail notices showing the revised property value for tax purposes. The city is on a three year cycle revaluing land in 1974 buildings in 1975 and personal property in 1976 to keep market values current and ensure fair share of government and school costs.
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Plano
Plano Independent School District
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Dallas North Airport
John Broadhead
Cheer City
Pam Troboy
Forman Elementary
Love Field
Los Angeles International
FAA
Forman
Hubert Hunt
Shimek, Roming, Jacobs
Finklea
David Griffin
Kimberlea
Pitman Creek North
Prairie Creek Estates No. 3
15Th Street
Avenue K
Coit Rd
Brown
Ryan
Moore
Tom O’connell
Clara Travillion
CAC
Tom Long
Jim Melton
Thomas W. Moore
Robert Pritz
Ernest Reich
Bob Roberts
Charles Robinson
Robert L. Smith
John Upchurch
Randy Wright
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