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Plano council approves DART interlocal agreement and related governance changes, rescinds planned withdrawal election
Summary
After months of negotiation, the Plano City Council voted to approve an interlocal agreement with Dallas Area Rapid Transit that creates a General Mobility Program returning a guaranteed share of sales‑tax revenue to cities, passed a governance reform resolution, and repealed a prior ordinance calling for a withdrawal election. Vote on the ILA was 8–0.
Plano’s City Council voted to approve an interlocal agreement (ILA) with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency and a companion governance resolution, marking a reversal of the withdrawal election the council had earlier authorized.
Andrew Fortune, the city’s director of policy and government relations, framed the ILA as a negotiated, region‑focused compromise intended to return a guaranteed minimum share of DART sales‑tax revenue to member cities and create a General Mobility Program for transportation projects. “Staff is pleased to bring forward what we believe to be a fair and meaningful offer,” Fortune said during the…
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