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After returning to open session, a council member moved to \"approve the extension on the hyphen agreement per staff recommendation,\" the motion was seconded and the council approved the extension by voice vote. The council then moved to adjourn.

The transcript does not identify the full name of the council member who made the motion or the second by name, and it does not record a roll-call vote tally in the public transcript; the outcome recorded in the meeting was approval by voice vote.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","McKinney - City Council Work Session - Jan 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","After an executive session that cited Texas Government Code Sections 551.071, 551.072 and 551.087, the council voted to approve an extension on the \"hyphen agreement\" per staff recommendation; the motion passed by voice vote and no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.","taxTitle","McKinney, Collin County, Texas","taxId",2778,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6678142,"McKinney staff brief council on drive-through regulations; council asks staff to return with options",2115,1424950,3540000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2136269-29e0ac055b71e8efd8a414873d4e4546&start=1424&end=3540","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2136269-29e0ac055b71e8efd8a414873d4e4546/thumbnail_1424950.jpg","/articles/6678142/McKinney/Collin-County/Texas/McKinney-staff-brief-council-on-drive-through-regulations-council-asks-staff-to-return-with-options","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6678142-47d9c8a88e7510172e802b2ebb7f5fa6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184321&Signature=diRuUjYeGCnn-lrSjcfwHwpj1iD6zySCo3oV2M4JMCTLHHLgS7c~FVJxxj57P34aqYXxp74kr8lz1qa-Go2rgXE1rWxDBNh1DsvPm58idR5X0MwHiEe1otcvRC8z4QI7ObX1OOg0VpNuRxWfKgVqvzQP~YhPRjPKxLR9yJSCEezJRDJvojWdNbWLc7QVtU~fLYpUqsdqR3N~1Wq-yMFwufNqY18nYOLCLvoiJ7Afv2ruFn8J37KvpiTRnhhhUKEueuqPQA6gW2opVbxo1VdkFfGHZHoCF-WSd-o9L1WPIUWLtT4smM7QPpyRl1m-Lsr72cN1-T2fRi5gwQ6pD8dXtw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jennifer Arnold, the city's director of planning, gave council an informational update on how McKinney's Unified Development Code regulates restaurants with drive-throughs and compared McKinney's rules to nearby cities.

Arnold said the city classifies restaurants by type (for example, dine-in, carry-out, drive-through) and that zoning districts (C1, C2, C3, O2, I1/I2, MTC/downtown) treat drive-throughs differently. She said the 2022 Unified Development Code largely carried over prior use allowances but added or tightened criteria in some places; for example, O2 (office 2) is no longer permitted for drive-through restaurants under the UDC.

Arnold summarized several location- and design-based criteria in McKinney: in the C1 (neighborhood commercial) district a drive-through is allowed only with a specific-use permit (SUP), speaker boxes must be at least 30 feet from adjacent single-family residential, building size is limited to 5,000 square feet in that district, and dumpsters and stacking lanes have locational requirements. In C2 (local commercial), drive-throughs are permitted by right subject to criteria (speaker boxes 20 feet from residential); C3 (regional commercial) is also permitted by right with similar criteria. Arnold said the city enforces landscape buffers, screening, driveway access rules, and—if triggered—traffic impact analyses.

Staff presented a citywide land-use summary drawn from Central Appraisal District codes that showed 85 drive-through restaurants prior to 2023 and 31 added in the last two to three years, for a total of about 110 drive-through restaurants citywide. Arnold said roughly 20% of the recently approved sites clustered around the Hardin/380 area and several at Eldorado and Stonebridge.

Council members raised concerns about drive-through sites that sit close to residences, citing heavy late-night activity at some locations. One council member asked whether the city regulates hours of operation; staff said the city does not currently regulate hours of operation for in-building activity and did not say drive-throughs have a specific hours restriction. Council members suggested options the city could consider: making drive-throughs in certain districts subject to SUPs, adding larger buffers between drive-through facilities and residential zones (one council member suggested a 150-foot buffer), or imposing an effective date so rules would apply only to projects approved after a chosen date (staff said that would avoid retroactively changing existing approvals and trigger less notice).

Arnold said a comprehensive change to straight zoning districts would trigger state-required property-owner notice to existing uses and that most of the city (about 75%) is zoned as Planned Development (PD), which makes a wholesale map re-evaluation time-consuming. She said staff could instead include additional criteria in future PDs or create an effective date so new projects would be subject to new rules without requiring notice to existing approvals. Council asked staff to bring back a set of options outlining scope, impacts and notice implications for council consideration.

No ordinance or zoning change was adopted that night. Staff committed to return with options and additional analysis for council review.","Planning staff reviewed zoning rules for restaurants with drive-throughs, noting recent growth of drive-through sites and existing buffers and criteria; council asked staff to return with options on buffers, effective dates and whether more uses should require specific-use permits.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6678146,"McKinney outlines major reimagining of Roy and Helen Hall Library, including planetarium and exhibit space",1083,38390,1122000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2136269-29e0ac055b71e8efd8a414873d4e4546&start=38&end=1122","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2136269-29e0ac055b71e8efd8a414873d4e4546/thumbnail_38390.jpg","/articles/6678146/McKinney/Collin-County/Texas/McKinney-outlines-major-reimagining-of-Roy-and-Helen-Hall-Library-including-planetarium-and-exhibit-space","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6678146-bc9b67d99874486ef8f08df7fb2a0f36/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184321&Signature=mn2DN1-WCR7qOS5Ege-hyYxVGC7Hs5CtAlBAtqkMMZlDW2hjWQqFKkLzsrr0nRxvJ0JqovAaTioEDAsNyg5zd7FL0G4zMgpG9jrxXrncAxgfJjE5ocgIlqkaFl3IqeB3t232iwRd6lw5ifej73ArqQ7-cpQ3CzqBpEm3G7hVJMPWEEvANuGKYGKnzoyFfWnIALAyp7wEp~KMXNL~giinDV3G4W65rjRsh2Y2RjkB9gsOIQA8oLABoWMvxFRr5rqgtagNT1ptdVbU91ZLQRnpCS9wdWZirycsmYcH47GQ~RtmHjaAYsupmmRwXftvqR30X3fL8cYN1xDeOmqpUPcbng__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff presented a multi-phase plan to renovate the Roy and Helen Hall Library in downtown McKinney, proposing a reconfigured interior, new public amenities and an on-site planetarium.

Library staffer Spencer, speaking to the council, said the plan would convert underused areas into active library space, add teen and family areas, increase meeting and storage space, update technology and create a 26-foot-diameter planetarium that would seat about 55 people.

The presentation described a reconfigured ground floor with consolidated staff work areas, expanded and more visible youth and teen spaces, additional family restrooms and a nursing room, more durable finishes and two relocated elevators to improve traffic flow and visibility. Staff said they plan to replace an existing courtyard area with usable indoor space and to add flexible “nook” seating and laptop checkout instead of a fixed computer lab.

On the second floor, staff proposed a 26-foot full-dome planetarium (approximately 55 seats) and a roughly 2,510-square-foot exhibit gallery to host traveling exhibits the city would bring in from external museums and partners. The plan also keeps a quiet adult wing, a local history research room with yearbooks and historic ledgers on display, and multiple reservable study rooms.

Spencer said project design work began in 2023; the city contracted designers in May 2024 and selected Crossland Construction Company as construction manager at risk in October 2024. He told council that a notice for a bond to fund the project would be on that night’s agenda and estimated construction would start in May 2025 with completion in summer 2026, if funding is secured.

Staff emphasized the intent to preserve the library’s local history center and the Helen Hall legacy at the site. Spencer said the renovated facility is intended to shift Hall from a “special occasion” destination into an everyday family- and youth-centered hub that could draw larger program attendance than the roughly 15,000 program visits the library reported in 2024.

Council members asked questions about layout, seating and how school field trips could be accommodated given the 55-seat planetarium. Spencer said the library plans to rotate school groups through the planetarium, exhibit and guided tours—e.g., 30 minutes in the planetarium, 30 minutes in the exhibit and 30 minutes for a staff-led tour—so larger classes could be accommodated in shifts.

Spencer also discussed finishes chosen for durability, wayfinding and “analog signage” elements intended to draw attention in the lobby, as well as sound baffling strategies in the exhibit and meeting spaces. He said renderings include a raised dome visible from the exterior and that the lawn and retaining wall in front of the building may be regraded to provide an active lawn for city events.

The council did not take formal action on the renovation during the presentation; staff said the bond notice on that night’s agenda would be the next financing step.

The council followed the presentation with questions and comments and moved on to other agenda items.","City staff presented a detailed renovation plan for the downtown Roy and Helen Hall Library that would add a 26-foot dome planetarium, expanded youth spaces, an exhibit gallery and updated technology; staff said construction would begin in May 2025 if bonding is approved and finish in summer 2026.","actionData","errors"]

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