A city-owned lot in the Whitewing Trails subdivision would be set aside for one use only, a public library, under an ordinance Mayor Eugene Escobar Jr. has placed on the Princeton City Council's agenda for Monday, Nov. 9.
The property is the subdivision's community lot, Lot 1, Block A of Whitewing Trails Phase 1, near West Monte Carlo Boulevard and North Beauchamp Boulevard. The legal description attached to the ordinance covers two tracts, of 6.314 and 3.006 acres, for a combined total of about 9.3 acres.
The ordinance would formally dedicate the land for building, running and maintaining a municipal library. Uses would be limited to library buildings, library administrative space and accessory library uses. No other city project or private commercial development could go there unless the council later amends or revokes the dedication, subject to state law.
The city manager would record the ordinance in Collin County's real property records so the restriction shows up on the land's title.
What the ordinance does not do is pay for anything. The mayor's memo states plainly that it authorizes no money for library construction and sets no project budget, and that recording costs and any future development would be handled separately.
Library money is already sitting in the city's 2025 bond accounts. A bond activity report included with another item on Monday's agenda lists a $1 million library line in the first sale of 2025 general obligation bonds, with none of it drawn as of Sept. 30.
The item comes from the mayor rather than city staff, and the memo notes that no staff recommendation is provided. City Attorney Kellie McKee of Nichols Jackson reviewed the documents as to form and legality.
