Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Frisco City Council to buy some laptops, set up coffee shop, bust you on a DUI

By Chad Jones

At its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, December 18th at 6:30 p.m., the Frisco City Council will consider the following measures:

First, they'll decide whether to approve the purchase of eighteen (18) Panasonic Toughbook computers with accessories, as requested by the Frisco Police Department. Unlikely they'll shoot that one down.

Next up, they'll consider allowing "It's a Grind" Coffee House to set up shop inside the Frisco City Hall/Library, as well as a recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Board to rename Stonelake Estates Park to “Stephen’s Green”, and adopt an Ordinance renaming the park.

In time for the drunk-driving holiday season, the council will decide whether to adopt a resolution that authorizes the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Frisco and the Texas Department of Transportation for STEP, the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program used around Christmas and New Years to bust DWIs and DUIs.

Love that blackland.

And aside from some other more boring stuff, a possible agreement, between Bill and Mary Buchen (Son Arc, Inc.) and the City of Frisco, for the creation of Public Art for Phase II of the Preston Road Overlay will be considered. Called "Prairie Bells," this art installation celebrates the tall grass Blackland that gave birth to the city of Frisco in 1902. According to page 17 of this document, "wind responsive vanes" will "cast multi-colored reflections like darting butterflies." At the apex, a "Wind Twister" will spiral upward, and "at night the sculpture is uplit." Most of the thing will be made out of stainless steel.

For fun, the city's agreement with the artists includes a Death of Artist clause that specifies the installation will be completed in accordance with the artist's wishes, even if they were to perish from the earth.

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