Richardson council approves city's updated comprehensive plan
The city of Richardson has adopted an update to its comprehensive plan that will help guide the city’s future.
Following a 20-month process, Richardson City Council unanimously approved an updated comprehensive plan for the city during its Nov. 11 meeting. The process included data collection, drafting and several different promotion and public engagement efforts.
Richardson plans $6.5M reconstruction of Main Street section
Construction is slated along a portion of East Main Street between Greenville and North Walton Street in Richardson.
According to the city’s project map, work includes paving reconstruction along Main Street, which is expected to cost more than $6 million.
Richardson ISD board members adopt legislative priorities
Ahead of the 89th Texas Legislative session, which is set to begin in January 2025, Richardson ISD trustees have adopted the district’s legislative priorities during the Nov. 5 regular meeting.
The priorities will be shared with elected officials who represent the district.
According to documents from the district, priorities include modifications to the discipline code allowing schools to more effectively handle student discipline. The district advocates for legislation allowing schools to implement immediate intervention in situations where a student’s behavior puts students and teachers at risk.
Richardson council receives update on solid waste master plan revision
Consultants with Burns & McDonnell continue to work on identifying recommendations and future solid waste service options for Richardson during the review of the city’s solid waste master plan.
Most of the recommendations focused on short-, medium- and long-term goals for Richardson’s solid waste services, which include trash, recycling, and bulky item and brush collection. City Manager Don Magner said the short-term focuses will focus on tweaks and enhancements to solid waste operations, and the long-term goals will focus on the outlook and potential cost for solid waste service changes.
Richardson ISD plans Upstander Partnership implementation this spring
Richardson ISD plans to roll out a new initiative, the Upstander Partnership, on a pilot basis in the spring of the 2024-25 school year.
Angie Lee, RISD executive director of equity, diversity and inclusion, said the district worked with elementary and secondary principals and campus staff to identify a program that made sense for the district. The Upstander Partnership, which is between RISD and the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, includes strategic planning, access to the Upstander Portal and field trips held on school campuses.
