City-owned land in Whitewing Trails would be set aside for a public library under an ordinance Mayor Eugene Escobar Jr. has placed on the City Council's Nov. 9 agenda.
The property is the subdivision's community lot, Lot 1, Block A of Whitewing Trails Phase 1. A location map in the packet places the proposed library site at West Monte Carlo Boulevard and North Beauchamp Boulevard. The legal description attached to the ordinance covers two tracts of about 6.3 and 3 acres.
If adopted, the dedication would limit the land to library buildings, library administrative space and related library uses. Any other city or private commercial development there would require the council to formally amend or revoke the dedication. The ordinance would be recorded in Collin County's real property records.
The memo also spells out what the measure does not do. It does not fund construction or set a project budget, and any future costs would come back separately. The item is presented by the mayor, and the memo says staff is making no recommendation. City Attorney Kellie McKee has approved it as to form.
The city's current library, Lois Nelson Public Library, is at 323 McKinney Ave. A separate finance memo for the same meeting shows the 2025 bond program has a $1 million library allocation, with none of it drawn as of Sept. 30.
A new job to run bond projects
That finance memo supports another item: a request to move up to $180,000 in the 2026-27 budget for a new Capital Improvement Program manager. Alternate City Manager David Hall wrote that department heads now manage their own capital projects while running departments, and that no single position keeps a citywide schedule, cost forecast and closeout record.
At the salary midpoint of $130,810, salary, benefits and employer costs are estimated at $176,620 a year, charged to bond-funded projects by recorded work time. The 2025 bond account stood at about $46.3 million on Sept. 30, the memo says.
