Plano City Council called the bond election during its Feb. 10 meeting, and the 2025 bond referendum is the largest in the city’s history.
The breakdown
The $647 million bond will be broken down into seven propositions.
Proposition A calls for $316.47 million in street improvements. The largest chunks will go towards arterial concrete repairs and residential street and alley repairs at $130 million and $92.75 million, respectively.
The proposition was trimmed by more than $26 million from the initial proposed bond project list, as work on screening walls, sidewalks, bridges, alleys and downtown right of way infrastructure were cut from the scope of the bond.
Proposition B would allocate $155.16 million to a new police headquarters—which would also house the city’s 9-1-1 dispatch center—while Proposition C calls for $51 million to rebuild the city’s police training center.
Proposition D asks for $37.49 million for improvements at multiple fire stations, while Proposition E asks for $45.14 million to update the city’s fleet operations center.
Proposition F would allocate $1.87 million to improvements at Schimelpfenig Library, and Proposition G asks for $40 million to fund various parks projects.
What else?
The projected tax rate increase is $0.032 in 2029 if all propositions are approved, according to city documents.
The city is planning to present voter education materials to Plano citizens in March and a virtual town hall dedicated to the 2025 bond referendum is set for April 17.
Election Day is May 3 and early voting will start April 22.
