Frisco’s Municipal Court will be closed for judicial and clerk training on Tuesday, March 23 and Wednesday, March 24, 2010. The court will be open regular business hours on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Any filings or payments due to the court on March 23 or March 24 will be received as ‘on time’ on or before March 25, 2010. Payments and paperwork may be mailed to the Frisco Municipal Court at 6865 Main St., Frisco, TX 75034. The U.S. Postal Service postmark serves as the submission date. Payments may also be made on the court’s Web site at https://secure.udsinc.com/odp/ocip/friscotx/. To make a payment by phone, dial 972-292-5570 or 972-292-5571.

 

 

The Frisco City Council has moved their second March meeting to March 25 instead of March 16. The agenda will be posted online 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting time. The meeting will begin at approximatly 6:30 p.m. with citizen input taken at roughly 7:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at the George A. Purefoy Municaipal Center, 6101 Frisco Square Blvd, inside the council chambers.

The Housing Trust Fund Board has heard the preliminary survey results from their online survey about how to spend federal grant money.  The city receives Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) every year and is in the process of putting a five-year plan in place on how to spend it.

BBC Research and Consulting in Denver, Colorado is analyzing and compiling the results. Rachel Thompson of BBC  was at the Housing Trust Fund Board meeting on Wednesday night to give the board an idea of people want to see the money spent on.

She said she was very impressed with the number of responses from Frisco residents. There were more than 500 responses.  She said her company has conducted similar surveys  in much bigger places, like San Diego County, and gotten fewer responses.

The survey covered multiple topics from why people live in Frisco to what  barriers are restricting the city.

According to the survey results residents live in Frisco because of the schools, low crime, affordable for-sale homes and a relatively new community. The community assets that Frisco has are; quality schools, proximity to major transportation arteries, little crime, good mix of commercial/ retail and newness.

The survey also concluded that some of the concerns of Frisco residents are transportation (roads, seniors, trails and public transportation), street lighting, shelter for day laborers, affordable day care, lower property taxes, low income housing and economic development.

 Some of the barriers restricting the city are the economic downturn which includes decreasing property values, foreclosures and unemployment.

The survey will continue to be on the city Web site until March 30 (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/THPGKX3) to help the city collect additional results. The results will then be prioritized during the April meetings of the board and a five year consolidation plan will be created.

In 2009 there were $275,000 received in CDBG grants. That money was used on home rehabilitation, housing acquisition for Habitat for Humanity, the first-time home buyer program, Meal on Wheels for the seniors and homeless prevention funds were given to Samaritan Inn and Frisco Family Services.

The city is waiting to see how much money will be received in 2010 but it is expected to be more. All the money will be used towards the same kinds of programs that it was used towards in 2009. The next meeting of the Housing Trust Fund Board is April 14 at 6:30 p.m.

To see the preliminary survey results http://www.ci.frisco.tx.us/projectsPrograms/Documents/Presentation_Frisco%20(03-10-10)_PSL.pdf

At around 1:00 a.m. on this date, a Frisco police officer on patrol in a neighborhood near the intersection of Hillcrest Road and Rolater Road observed a vehicle driving in and out of alleyways in a residential community.  The officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and its three occupants after observing a traffic violation.  The officer’s suspicion into the actions of the occupants of this vehicle led to an investigation that resulted in a search of the vehicle and its passengers.

Officers found two pistols that were stolen from a nearby neighborhood, which is also in Frisco and close to where the occupants were first observed by the officer.  Frisco police arrested 19-year-old Michael Tillman of Frisco for Theft of a Firearm and three outstanding warrants out of the Dallas Police Department, and 18-year-old Donald Wahl of Frisco for Theft of a Firearm, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and for a traffic violation.  The third occupant in the vehicle was questioned and released at the scene by officers.

 Theft of a Firearm is a state jail felony in the State of Texas, punishable by up to two years in state jail and up to a $10,000 fine.  Currently, both Wahl and Tillman are being held at the Frisco City Jail on a bond of $2,500 each for the Theft of a Firearm and various fines for the other related offenses. 

 

 The Frisco Police Department is dedicated to reducing auto burglaries and would like to remind you to LOCK, TAKE, and HIDE your belongings in order to reduce your risk of becoming a victim of vehicle burglary.