Frisco's sales tax board is set to start the formal process of paying for most of the city's planned animal shelter.
The Frisco Community Development Corporation board meets at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at 6859 Main St. One item on its agenda is a resolution that would publish a notice of project and schedule a public hearing on spending corporation money to design and build an animal facility.
According to the draft notice attached to the agenda, the corporation has already committed $1.8 million to the shelter and is now giving notice of another $22.45 million. Total project costs are estimated not to exceed $24.25 million.
The notice says the money would come from sales tax revenue and other corporation resources, and the resolution allows for sales tax revenue obligations issued by the corporation.
The draft sets the public hearing for 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, where anyone may speak for or against the spending.
The shelter has been moving through City Hall since fall. A $1.69 million contract with the architecture firm PGAL to design an 18,000-square-foot facility at PGA Parkway and Gateway Drive went to the City Council on Nov. 3, with staff working to a construction budget of about $20 million.
Two Rail District storefront grants
The board will also vote on two performance agreements under its Frisco Rail District Investment Zone Pilot Program. Staff memos say the board approved money on Dec. 19, 2024, for a matching grant program for facade and interior work in the Rail District, aimed at supporting tourism and stadium uses.
- The Black Rabbit Antique Market, LLC, at 8760 7th St., estimates its eligible improvements at $467,064. The agreement would pay up to half the actual cost, about $233,532, under a $300,000 cap.
- Main Fifth Investment, LLC, at 6958 Main St., lists $219,406 in facade or signage work and $41,605.80 in building improvements in its agreement, for a total of $261,011.80. The grant would cover up to half, about $130,506. The agreement sets a Dec. 31, 2027, deadline for that work.
Under the agreements, payment comes only after the owners document that the work is finished and accepted. Staff recommends approving both, and the city's outside law firm reviewed them.
