Frisco wants the state to treat its big golf events like other major sporting events, help pay for the Exide cleanup and back an expansion of UNT Frisco, according to the 2027 legislative agenda the City Council is scheduled to approve Tuesday, Oct. 20.
The two-page document, which staff and the council's Legislative Committee developed, sets out what the city will push for and against when lawmakers convene in January for the 90th session. A staff memo says the city will support bills that protect local decision making and oppose any that would erode municipal authority, add costs or cut revenue.
The item is on the regular agenda of Tuesday's meeting, which starts at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
Money and taxes
The agenda's longest section deals with city finances. Frisco would:
- oppose revenue caps it says would hurt the city's growth and economic stability;
- oppose limits on the 4A and 4B sales taxes that fund its two economic development corporations;
- oppose limits on its ability to issue and manage debt, and seek a carve-out on debt ratios for cities with AAA bond ratings;
- keep control of its rights-of-way, including the ability to charge market-based access rates;
- seek authority to correct errors that appraisal districts make on certified tax rolls.
The city also wants the PGA Championship, the Senior PGA Championship, the Women's PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup added to the state's Major Event Reimbursement Program list.
Public safety and the Exide site
On public safety, the agenda asks that police and fire spending be exempted from any revenue cap and opposes state mandates that come without funding.
Its environment section is a single item: renewing H.B. 2708 and seeking state money for remediation of the former Exide battery plant site, using fees deposited in the state's hazardous and solid waste remediation account.
