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Council approves landscaping of Civic Plaza
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June 24,1990
Sunday
Vol. 21, No. 50
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City’s cleanup campaign
runs through weekend
Growth forces
phone company
eto update
local services
State Rep. Sam Johnson was in Allen Tues-
day to address the Chamber of Commerce’s
regular monthly meeting. He discussed
KIDTALK: Just a reminder that the
free telephone warmline for children
home alone is operating from noon to
6 p.m. Monday through Friday during
the summer. The number is 522-
The first stage, which was
approved by all six council members
present, would solve the drainage
problems of the plaza, install a light-
ing system for security, an under-
ground sprinker system, a flag pole,
a crushed-rock walkway connnect-
ing the library and police building,
grass and a few trees and shrubs.
While the council decided to go
ahead with the initial steps of impro-
ving the plaza, Councilmembers
Alan Fyke and Mickey Christakos
voted against accepting the entire
plan with its $650,000 price tag.
Fyke expressed concern about
the council’s responsibilty to the
citizens of Allen and questioned
whether the council should be plan-
ning to spend $650,000 on landscap-
ing when the library doesn’t have all
1144. KIDTALK is administered by
the Lone Star Council of Camp Fire,
which is a United Way Agency.
COUNTY: According to figures re-
leased by the Texas Employment
Commission, unemployment in Collin
County remained unchanged at 4.3
percent between April and May, but
increased slightly from 4 percent a
year ago. See story, page 8A.
POOL PARTY: The Allen Jaycees
will host a pool party Sunday from 2 to
.6 p.m. at Wildwood Village Apart-
ments for young men and women
who might consider joining the civic
organization. Visitors can sign up or
just see what the Jaycees have to
offer.
how the new state funding bill would affect
the Allen Independent School District.
(Staff photo by Debbie Tackett)
In an attempt to keep trash out
of neighborhood creek beds and
illegal dump sites, the city of
Allen’s spring cleanup campaign is
making a previously unscheduled
return.
Results of the last campaign,
March 30 to April 9, were so en-
couraging to city staff members
that another campaign is underway
today (Saturday) through Sunday.
Residents will again be able to dis-
pose of large, bulky items and
other trash free of charge this
weekend.
The city and BFI Waste Systems
of McKinney are providing large
open top containers for disposal of
articles that would normally cost
money to get rid of. Acceptable
items include bricks, rolls of car-
pet, old appliances and other solid
wastes. Tree limbs, which have to
be cut, tied together and placed
near the curb to be picked up by
the trash company, will be
accepted at the disposal site with-
out the restrictions. Liquids and
FORECAST: Today — Fair and
warm with a high in the mid-90s.
EXTENDED FORECAST: Sunday
through Tuesday — Highs in the 90s.
Lows in the 70s.
hazardous household wastes, in-
cluding engine oils, batteries and
paints are not permitted. However,
most full service gasoline stations
will accept used engine oil.
The containers will be located on
Prestige Circle, west of State
Highway 5 and north of Bethany
Road.
In the past, the service has only
been provided 10 days in the spring
and 10 days in the fall, but requests
from residents were so numerous
that the city decided to plan
another camnpaign this weekend.
“We started it to give people
who were doing semi-annual clean-
ing a chance to throw out things
they would not normally be able to
throw away,” said Michael Stan-
ger, assistant to the City Manager.
“When people put a big pile of stuff
out at the curb to be picked up,
they have to pay to have it re-
moved. But this way, they just load
it up, bring it down here and throw
it away.”
City employees will be present
to assist residents with unloading
their trash. The service is not avail-
able to businesses or non-
residents.
to do the consulting job for $5,950,
about $2,000 less than the next
lowest bidder and well below the
anticpated $10,000 to $20,000 fee
the city staff had expected.
Allen Mayor Joe Farmer
announced the creation of a special
committee on economic develop-
ment with Wolfe as the chairman,
and Christakos and Fyke as the
other council members.
“This special committee will func-
tion in general as a standing commit-
tee. However, it is unique in number
of members, longevity and perhaps
in other ways,” Farmer said.
Other appointments included the
reappointment of Kenneth Fulk,
Melissa Owen and Harold Biggs to
the Planning and Zoning Commis-
sion. Wayne Armand resigned from
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By MARK HUTCHISON
Staff Writer
By MARK HUTCHISON
Staff Writer
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the final contract. I hate to say they
got it because negotiations are still
under way. I am 99 percent sure we
are going to be able to work it out
with them,” Hoagland said. He said
commissioners, when they meet
Monday, will probably agree to the
contract.
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Addressing members of the Allen
^Chamber of Commerce Tuesday,
State Rep. Sam Johnson outlined the
effects Senate Bill I will have on the
Allen Independent School District.
Using the formula set forth in the
bill, Johnson said Allen’s allocation
for the 1990-91 school year will be
$7.3 million, an increase of $700,000
in state funds.
According to Allen school district
officials, the additional funds for the
1990-91 school year will help, but it
I Ois less than the estimated $1 million
deficit they expect after conducting
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Authorization of $177,000 for
I landscaping improvements to Allen
Civic Plaza, selection of a health be-
nefit consultant and the creation of a
special committee for economic de-
l (velopment were among the items
I "handled at the Allen City Council
meeting Thursday evening.
I Representatives from the
architectural firm of Sasaki and
Associates presented several op-
tions for improving the plaza area
between the Police and Courts
Building and the library. The im-
provements would occur in stages
with the first stage costing $177,000
and the final stage, if it were to be
I Approved, costing $650,000.
At the Allen Public Library Wednesday,
Cosmo the Clown performed magic and
balloon tricks for the youngsters
gathered in the children’s section. Cos-
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the commission after 10 years of
service and his spot on the commis-
sion is scheduled to be filled at the
next regular meeting of the city
council, July 5..
On the Library Board, Sharon
Hamner and Barbara Lecheler were
reappointed and the Place No. 4 seat
was filled with the appointment of
Suzanne Sayer.
The city council also approved by
resolution the expenditure of $1,800
as the city’s 10 percent share of the
cost of buying four small parcels of
land along the right-of-way of U.S.
75 preparatory to the widening of
the highway through Allen.
“The widening of U.S. 75 from
Spring Creek to north of Bethany
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Because of growth, many of the
things we take for granted each day
must change occasionally.
O One example is using the tele-
phone. Since December, Allen has
had two office codes (727 and 390).
The second office code added
10,000 new numbers to this ex-
change, giving the phone company
up to 20,000 telephone numbers to
choose from.
“We were running out of num-
bers for Allen, so we had to ex-
pand, said J.B. King, Southwest-
gern Bell’s Area Manager of Exter-
nal Affairs. “The 10,000 new num-
bers will also allow for growth in the
future.”
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King said there is no way to de-
termine when a third office code
might be added in Allen.
We just add them when we run
out of numbers,” he said. “There’s
no way to tell when that might hap-
Qpen. It just depends on growth.”
Another example of the effect
growth has had on the area is the
phone company’s recent decision to
divide the 214 area code by the
year 1991 to provide enough tele-
phone numbers to meet demand in
the coming years. Allen will remain
in the 214 area code, but points
north and east of a line through Col-
lin County will change to a 903 area
Qode. The line runs from Celina in
"the northwest comer to Anna in the
northeast corner, and south to
Royse City in the southeast comer
of Collin County.
“Due to economic growth, we
will run out of seven-digit numbers
in the 214 area code by the year
1991,” King said. “So we have no
choice but to split the 214 area code
cin half. Sherman-Denison, Green-
Oville and Paris, will all change to
903. These are places that people
in Allen call everyday.”
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preliminary budget research, drinks and tobacco.
Therefore, a tax increase is still a SB 1 is the school finance bill re-
possibility cently passed by the Texas Legisla-
Johnson said the $7.3 million will tureto provide.equalfunding.to.all
;.2. . 011 -u- c school districts throughout the
increase to $11 million over a five- The state district judge who is
yearperiod However, he empha- to decide if the bill is constitutional
sized that the increases are deter- has said he wi likely approve the
minid_by using the current formula, measure so the funds can start flow-
and this formula could change in the ing before September 1.
next session, he said. Johnson also said the number of
Texans will pay for the funding bill state prisoners housed in county jails
through higher state taxes and fees, has decreased and two more max-
including a quarter-cent sales tax in- imum security prisons were autho-
crease and boosts in taxes on mixed rized in the last session.
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The motion to accept the proposal “It could be a while, ” he said about
was approved 4-2 with Fyke and the completion of the plaza. “But it
Christakos voting against it. creates the intent of the town square
The representative of Sasaki and and this starts us on the path.”
Associates explained that imple- Moments after approving the
mentation of the plan could be halted Phase II plan, the council voted 6-0,
at any point along the way, so that to approve the expenditure of the
some imnprovements and some of remaining bond funds on the Capital
the total effect of the design could be Improvement Projects for Fiscal
realized without spending the whole Year 1989-90. The $177,000 will
$650,000. come from those funds.
Jim Wolfe, chairman of the sub- The council also approved the
committee that recommeded the selection of Deloitte and Touche as
plan, said the plaza would become the city’s health benefit consultant,
the centerpiece for the city. The consultant will make recom-
Wolfe said he knew there were mendations to the city on the diffe-
budgetary considerations and the rent features and aspects of various
plan would allow the city to move to health insurance plans and their
the more advanced stages of the de- companies and help the city select a
velopment as money became avail- plan. Deloitte and Touche proposed
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| Staff Writer le, S.C., are on-site preparing for
4 _ the scheduled October ground-
Though the $2.7 million contract breaking, said Glen Renfro, county
has yet to be signed, a construction facilities manager.
K Management team has been County Commissioner Jerry
Selected to oversee the building of Hoagland said the commissioners in
the proposed $35 million Collin private executive session June 11
County jail/justice center. And en- “authorized the go-ahead.”
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Hutchison, Mark. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 24, 1990, newspaper, June 24, 1990; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1571514/m1/1/?q=technical+manual: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.