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Carrollton council approves consent items, rezones Mana Plaza
Summary
The Carrollton City Council on April 1 approved the consent agenda including a storm repair shade-structure purchase, a park change order, firefighter staffing ordinance and other contracts, and unanimously rezoned a 2.6-acre site at McArthur Drive for retail uses.
Carrollton City Council approved a package of consent items and a zoning change during its April 1 meeting, voting unanimously on infrastructure and staffing items and on a rezoning request for Mana Plaza.
The council approved consent agenda items 8 through 13, a package that included a purchase and installation agreement with USA Shade for storm-related replacement of shade structures, a change order for the Plano Parkway/Tor Hill Park phase 1 project, and an ordinance aligning firefighter position counts with the department’s current staffing. Councilmember Daisy Palacios moved to approve the consent agenda; Councilmember Nancy Klein seconded the motion. “The motion passes unanimously for items 8 through 13,” Mayor Babik announced after the vote.
The consent agenda also included a resolution authorizing the city manager to negotiate a professional services contract for LED streetlighting design on Trinity Mills Road and adoption of the 2025 downtown master plan. Staff described the Trinity Mills work as part of an arterial-beautification effort and said the streetlighting design would use a “shoebox” fixture consistent with an earlier aesthetic framework.
The council then held a public hearing on a zoning change for an approximately 2.6-acre tract on the north side of McArthur Drive, case PLZ2024-181 (Mana Plaza / Mana Village). Planning staff said the applicant sought to change base zoning from O-1 office to LR-2 local retail to allow additional uses; staff reported the existing site, parking and landscaping meet code and that neither written support nor opposition was received. Kevin Smuckler, the applicant, told council the project is “pretty straightforward” and asked for approval. Councilmember Daisy Palomo moved to approve the rezoning and Councilmember Palacios seconded; the motion passed unanimously.
What changed: the firefighter ordinance does not add new positions, staff said; it aligns the city code with the department’s current assignments and promotions and cites Chapter 143 as the statutory chapter that governs position listings by ordinance. The Plano Parkway project change order (Change Order No. 2 with Access Contracting) increases the contract by $87,214.88, taking the total project contract to not-to-exceed $2,310,899.71, staff reported. The USA Shade purchase was presented as a cost associated with storm damage and will be submitted to insurance for reimbursement.
What happens next: staff will implement the approved contracts and ordinances; managers will negotiate the Trinity Mills lighting contract and proceed with design work, and planning will update the official zoning map to reflect the Mana Plaza rezoning.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (Items 8–13): motion to approve moved by Councilmember Daisy Palacios, seconded by Councilmember Nancy Klein; outcome: approved unanimously (7–0). Notes: Item 8 authorizes a procurement with USA Shade to purchase and install shade structures (storm-related); Item 9 approves Change Order No. 2 with Access Contracting for Plano Parkway / Tor Hill Park phase 1 (+$87,214.88; new total not to exceed $2,310,899.71); Item 10 updates firefighter position counts; Item 11 updates offender-residency definitions to align with the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure; Item 12 authorizes negotiation of professional engineering services for Trinity Mills Road LED street lighting; Item 13 adopts the 2025 downtown master plan. - Rezoning (Item 14, PLZ2024-181 Mana Plaza / Mana Village): motion to approve moved by Councilmember Daisy Palomo, seconded by Councilmember Daisy Palacios; outcome: approved unanimously (7–0).
