Eugene Escobar Jr.
Mayor
completed Monday, March 23, 2026
Princeton City Council Meeting Tracker: March 23, 2026
The March 23 meeting ended with a 6-0 approval of the Ironwood zoning amendment with added conditions, a 6-0 tabling of the Longneck rezoning to April 27, and a long list of other unanimous votes among the six seated councilmembers.
Work session 5:30 PM
Regular meeting 6:30 PM Princeton Municipal Center, Council Chambers
Attendance Tracker
Who was there?
Carolyn David-Graves and Bryan Washington arrived late during the work session, but all seated officials except the vacant Place 4 were present for the regular meeting.
Terrance Johnson
Place 1
Cristina Todd
Place 2
Bryan Washington
Place 3
Vacant
Place 4
Steve Deffibaugh
Place 5
Ben Long
Place 6
Carolyn David-Graves
Place 7
Closed Session Topics
Executive session deserves attention here
The closed-session portion touches litigation, security matters, and personnel topics. Those conversations happen outside public view, so even when no open vote immediately follows, this is one of the most important parts of the agenda to keep an eye on.
- Consultation with the city attorney regarding litigation, settlement, or legal conflicts tied to agenda matters.
- Settlement agreement regarding jurisdictional boundaries and water and sewer service territory with the City of McKinney.
- Eastridge Development Agreement.
- Whitewing Trails Development Agreement.
- Economic development negotiations tied to Project Homerun.
- Personnel matters involving the city manager search.
Full Agenda Tracker
Every substantive item on this agenda
Open any item for the deeper explainer and vote or status view.
Work Session
These items were discussed during the 5:30 PM pre-council work session and did not carry final votes that night.
C1 medium Discussion
2026-071 · Discussion regarding creation of historical preservation committee
Council opened another early-stage discussion about whether Princeton should create a historical preservation committee.
No final vote was scheduled on this discussion item. Open item →
C2 high Discussion
2026-072 · Discussion of revised Council Relations Policy, Rules of Order, and Code of Ethics (Bylaws) for City Council and all boards, commissions, and committees
Council used the work session to discuss revised bylaws that later came back for a regular-agenda vote.
This item was discussed in work session before the later L4 vote. Open item →
Consent Agenda
These items were listed as routine consent items, though some had individually noted motions in the user-provided meeting notes.
G1 high Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R01 · Contract renewal with 120Water, Inc. for pipeline inventory software and water data collection services through March 17, 2029
Council approved the 120Water contract renewal covering pipeline inventory and water monitoring compliance work.
Approved 6-0. Open item →
G2 low Recorded vote
2026-059 · Approval of March 2, 2026 special meeting minutes and March 9, 2026 regular meeting minutes
Council approved the March 2 and March 9 meeting minutes.
Approved 6-0 as part of the remaining consent-agenda motion. Open item →
G3 medium Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R04 · Acceptance and appropriation of an $8,000 NRA Foundation grant for Simunition rifle training equipment
Council approved an $8,000 training-equipment grant for Princeton Police.
Approved 6-0 as part of a grouped motion on G3 through G5. Open item →
G4 high Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R05 · Acceptance and appropriation of a $93,000 State Crisis Intervention Grant for a police and counselor co-response model
Council approved a $93,000 crisis-intervention grant to support a co-response model pairing an officer with a counselor.
Approved 6-0 as part of a grouped motion on G3 through G5. Open item →
G5 medium Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R06 · Acceptance and appropriation of a $78,620 Peace Officer Mental Health Grant for officer wellness services
Council approved a $78,620 officer-wellness grant aimed at peer support, services, training, and program oversight.
Approved 6-0 as part of a grouped motion on G3 through G5. Open item →
G6 medium Recorded vote
2026-066 · Request from Shops at Cypress Bend LLC to replat Plaza Street 276 Addition Lot 2 into Lots 2R-1 and 2R-2
Council approved a replat request affecting Plaza Street 276 Addition.
Approved 6-0. Open item →
G7 medium Recorded vote
2026-067 · Request from Cope Equities LLC to amend the preliminary plat for Shoppes at Monticello
Council approved a preliminary plat amendment for Shoppes at Monticello.
Approved 6-0. Open item →
G8 low Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R07 · Request to remove 7000 County Road 995 from the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction
Council approved an ETJ-removal request for a 2.07-acre tract at 7000 County Road 995.
Approved 6-0 as part of the remaining consent-agenda motion. Open item →
G9 low Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R08 · Request to remove 9950 CR 448 from the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction
Council approved an ETJ-removal request for a 1.973-acre tract at 9950 CR 448.
Approved 6-0 as part of the remaining consent-agenda motion. Open item →
G10 high Recorded vote
ORD-2026-03-23-03 · Ordinance adopting the Atmos Mid-Tex Rate Review Mechanism tariff
Council approved the Atmos Mid-Tex RRM tariff ordinance.
Approved 6-0. Open item →
Ceremonial Items
These items recognized city achievements and organizations rather than creating new policy.
H1 low Ceremonial
2026-060 · Recognition of the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
Council recognized the city’s ACFR award from the Government Finance Officers Association.
Recognition item; no separate policy vote tracked here. Open item →
H2 low Ceremonial
2026-061 · Recognition of the GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
Council recognized the city’s budget presentation award from GFOA.
Recognition item; no separate policy vote tracked here. Open item →
H3 low Ceremonial
2026-062 · Recognition of the GTOT Certificate of Distinction for the city’s investment policy
Council recognized the city’s first GTOT investment-policy certificate.
Recognition item; no separate policy vote tracked here. Open item →
H4 low Ceremonial
2026-070 · Presentation and recognition of commendation to the Princeton CDC
Council recognized the Princeton Community Development Corporation with a commendation.
Recognition item; no separate policy vote tracked here. Open item →
Public Hearings
These were the highest-profile land-use items of the night, including the Ironwood vote and the Longneck tabling decision.
K1 high Recorded vote
ORD-2026-03-23-01 · Public hearing and zoning amendment request for 599 W. Princeton Drive (Ironwood at Princeton)
Council approved the Ironwood zoning amendment 6-0, but added multiple changes focused on covered parking dimensions, a covered student bus stop, mold-testing certification, and council control over changes.
Approved 6-0 with additional council changes. Open item →
K2 high Recorded vote
ORD-2026-03-23-02 · Public hearing and rezoning request for 1503 Longneck Road
Council did not move the Longneck rezoning forward on March 23 and instead continued and tabled it to the April 27 council meeting after P&Z had already tabled it.
Continued and tabled to April 27, 2026 by a 6-0 vote. Open item →
Regular Agenda
These were the main finance, infrastructure, governance, and future-agenda action items considered individually.
L1 medium Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R02 · Acceptance of the city’s FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Single Audit Report, and Independent Audit Report
Council approved the city’s FY2025 ACFR, Single Audit Report, and Independent Audit Report.
Approved 6-0. Open item →
L2 medium Recorded vote
2026-063 · Presentation and discussion to accept the city’s Popular Annual Financial Report for FY2025
Council accepted the city’s Popular Annual Financial Report presentation 6-0.
Accepted 6-0. Open item →
L3 high Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R03 · Resolution determining costs and calling a public hearing on assessments for Whitewing Trails PID No. 2 Improvement Area 3C
Council approved the next financing step for Whitewing Trails PID Area 3C by determining costs and calling the required public hearing.
Approved 6-0. Open item →
L4 high Recorded vote
2026-03-23-R09 · Resolution approving revised Council Relations Policy, Rules of Order, and Code of Ethics (Bylaws)
Council approved the revised bylaws 6-0, with a change tied to Todd’s recommendation in Section 8.1.
Approved 6-0 with a Section 8.1 change. Open item →
L5 high Recorded vote
2026-069 · Non-Standard Wastewater Service Agreement for the Tivoli development, conditioned on written consent from the City of McKinney
Council approved the Tivoli wastewater agreement, but only under the condition that written consent is obtained from the City of McKinney.
Approved 6-0 with a McKinney-consent condition. Open item →
L6 medium Recorded vote
2026-068 · Acceptance of Eastridge South Phase I Lift Station and public improvements
Council approved acceptance of the Eastridge South Phase I lift station and public improvements.
Approved 6-0. Open item →
L7 high Procedural
2026-064 · Requests for items to be placed on a future agenda
Councilmembers used the future-agenda request period to flag a wide range of possible follow-up topics around governance, transparency, infrastructure, council operations, and board oversight.
Councilmembers used this item to flag topics for future meetings. Open item →
Source Notes
- Tracker details are based on the official posted March 23 agenda PDF plus the user-provided meeting notes supplied on April 9, 2026.
- Where the user-provided notes clearly captured a motion, second, and result, the tracker records those votes directly.
- Where the notes did not clearly capture a final result, the tracker marks the item as not fully confirmed rather than guessing.