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Celina asked for about 32 million gallons a year to water the new park and was allowed 9.1 million, so council votes Tuesday on a $143,000 redesign that puts synthetic turf on its two game fields.
Celina's TIRZ No. 13 board and City Council meet Tuesday to approve this year's payout, as property value inside the 3,132-acre zone climbs to an estimated $518 million.
The Oct. 13 proposal for 1010 KC Robinson includes rear outdoor storage screened from neighbors and public view, with bay doors behind masonry walls.
The proposed 66-lot neighborhood remains on Celina’s Oct. 13 council agenda, but staff recommends granting the applicant’s request to table it until November.
Celina's council is set to create an advisory committee to weigh in on the square's redesign over the next six to nine months, and to let staff buy land for rebuilding East Elm, South Texas and East Oak streets.
Celina's yearly fee update would lift the residential trash charge to $16.21 a month, phase in new water and sewer rates in April 2027 and add charges for EV charger permits and after-hours building work.
Regular unleaded averages $3.7995 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
Regular unleaded averages $3.8202 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
A development agreement up for a public hearing Tuesday allows a gas station and up to 10 acres of self-storage by right, requires at least 10 acres of commercial use at the corner, and halves some impact fees in exchange for road work.
The luxury builder says homes at 3908 Ozark Drive will start in the upper $500,000s, with sales expected to open in early 2027 and students assigned to Thomson Elementary, Moseley Middle and Prosper High.
Celina's council is set Tuesday to adopt positions on local finance, water, infrastructure debt and growth for the 2027 session, as staff talks with possible lobbying consultants and plans an Austin trip.
A water update for Tuesday's council meeting shows summer demand peaked at 12.03 million gallons a day, above the city's 11 MGD supply, and Upper Trinity has not set a date to lift Stage 2.
The City Council votes Oct. 13 on replacing the police department's expiring Axon contract; the chief's memo says the price assumes 10 new officers a year and that the city would owe the full amount even if it hires fewer.
A county advisory board recommends fully funding a Cypress-Eastland trail connection with a low-water bridge and a Worthington Way sidewalk link, part of $4.36 million in park grants on the commissioners' consent agenda.
The comptroller's Oct. 6 payment came to $1,292,207, compared with $1,019,399 a year earlier; over the past 12 months the city's payments are up about 16.5%.
Collin County commissioners are set Oct. 12 to approve one-year deals charging Celina $196,908 for use of the county animal shelter and $190,860 for county animal control, among the largest bills of any participating city.
The city’s payment appears in the county disbursement register approved by commissioners Sept. 28.
Classes are out Friday, Oct. 9, Monday, Oct. 12, and Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to the district calendar; students return Wednesday, Oct. 14.
A city incentive deal with Celina Real Estate LLC would bring a new two-story building at Ohio and Walnut streets and restaurant space in the historic Mayer Building, with up to $2.3 million in reimbursements.
Regular unleaded averages $3.9340 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, up from last week and above the Texas average.
The monthly market runs 6 to 9 p.m. Friday on the Celina square with local growers, crafters and food trucks, a free raffle drawing and live music from Scotty Schaefer; one more market follows Nov. 6.