A very busy Wednesday

It's days like this that make you want to clone yourself!

The day started out early as I headed over to Robertson Elementary in the Frisco ISD. I will never get used to how many schools we have in Frisco. When I moved here in 1992, we had one elementary, one middle-school and one high school. I lost count of how many we have now long ago! What is interesting is Robertson is in Little Elm and I had one heck of a time finding it!

The Staff at the school obviously love what they do. Special thanks are in order for Principal James Iorio and first grade teacher Nora Davis. Mr. Iorio obviously knows how to run a school; everyone was very friendly and the students were well-behaved. Mrs. Davis helped set up the presentation and made it very easy for me. I had the opportunity to give two presentations about governments and what it was like to serve on the City Council and as Mayor Pro Tem. One presentation was to the first graders and one was to the fourth graders. It is always interesting to see the different kind of questions you get (and boy did they have lots of them)! There is nothing like speaking to elementary students to get you ready for the rest of the day.

Sports Village USA

From there, the Wednesday roll continued. After leaving Robertson, I headed over to Rudy's "Country Store" and Bar-B-Q. If you have not eaten there yet, give it a shot. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. I had a lunch-time meeting with the Sports Village USA folks. Sports Village is a concept that has been a priority for the Frisco City Council since I came on in 2000. It is basically a PSO type facility for the children of Frisco. However, the actual Sports Village concept is much more than that. As the name implies, it is an entire sports village that will be world-renowned and not only will it be a great opportunity for our children who are involved in sports, but also will bring athletes from all over. Keep a close eye on this project as it develops!

Candidate Debate and Batch Plants

What do these two have in common? Nothing besides the fact that I had to be at both places at the same time !! Thanks to the Frisco Chamber of Commerce; a debate was held for the Collin and Denton County Commissioners races. The debate started at 6:00PM and first up were the Collin County candidates. I was happy to see that Council Member Tony Felker (as a Chamber representative) was in attendance as well as Council Member Jeff Cheney and Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Jim Joyner. They are doing a great job representation the City of Frisco. I know that Mayor Mike Simpson wanted to be there, but was splitting duties by attending the Collin County Community College Education Foundation dinner. CCCCD is a great partner for Frisco.

I was able to stay for a good portion of that debate and had to leave before the Denton County candidates came up. You guessed it; I rushed over to the "Batch Plants" meeting.

A quick (very quick) background: What we are talking about are the batch plants on S.H. 121. The City has been working with Turnbridge Manor and Hunter Creek residents over the last few years. I have personally had several meetings with their committee and other interested residents over the last few years. We really got things going when George Purefoy, our City Manager and I met with Frisco Citizens Air Quality Coalition, a group of concerned citizens from that community. Ronda Figueroa helped set up this meeting in March of 2006. The concern is and has been the particulate emissions from those plants along with the odor. The City of Frisco has invested time and money in studying the impact on our citizen’s health.

This specific meeting was asked for by the City and George Purefoy and Richard Abernathy, City Attorney, were in attendance. Turnbridge Manor and Hunter Creek residents had a wonderful turnout and spirited discussion occurred. The main thrust of the evening had to do with the APAC-Texas' asphalt plant permit renewal. Several options were presented to the homeowners. If you want additional information on the meeting from the homeowner side or any additional background, contact Carolyn Lis at lisfamily@tx.rr.com.

Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Jim Joyner and Council Member Jeff Cheney came in towards the end of the meeting (it was mad dash from the campaign debates) and interacted with the homeowners. I want to again thank them for their dedication!

That's it for busy Wednesday. I think I got home around 10:00PM, but who knows.. you lose track on those busy days!