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Council adopts Plan Your Play parks master plan; neighbors urge relocation of proposed Backus dog park
Summary
Frisco City Council voted 6-0 to amend the 2040 comprehensive plan to incorporate the 2025 parks and recreation master plan "Plan Your Play." Several residents praised the plan's tree-preservation policies but urged the city to move a proposed 7-acre, $5 million dog park at Backus Park to another site.
Shannon Coates, director of Play Frisco, told the City Council that the Plan Your Play parks and recreation master plan carries forward the city's 2016 parks and open-space plan and that the Parks and Recreation Board and the Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended adoption earlier this year. The council voted to adopt an ordinance amending the 2040 comprehensive plan to incorporate the 2025 parks and recreation master plan.
Why it matters: the adopted master plan sets priorities and policy recommendations for park design, tree canopy…
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