{"id":242622,"date":"2026-04-09T21:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242622\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:41:09","slug":"allen-council-to-consider-neighborhood-improvements-at-april-14-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242622\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen council to consider neighborhood improvements at April 14 meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMembers of Allen City Council will discuss two construction contracts for neighborhood infrastructure improvements at an upcoming meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/government\/city_council\/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen City Council <\/a>will meet at 6 p.m., April 14, for a work session, with a regular meeting to follow at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s happening<\/p>\n<p>The April 14 regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/government\/city_meeting_agendas_minutes.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meeting agenda<\/a> includes discussion on a $2.1 million construction contract for Greengate neighborhood improvements, including sidewalks and alleyways.<\/p>\n<p>The agenda also includes discussion on a $5.2 million construction contract for the Jupiter Sanitary Sewer and Oak Hill Water Main Replacement project. In addition to replacing existing sewer lines, this project includes removing dead or overgrown trees as well as sidewalk repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Diving in deeper<\/p>\n<p>Council will also consider a possible zoning change recommended by the Allen Planning and Zoning Commission at its <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/allen\/government\/2026\/03\/18\/single-family-residences-proposed-for-2-acre-site-in-allen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 17 meeting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If approved, the zoning change would enable the development of eight single-family homes on roughly 2 acres of land at the northwest corner of Allen Heights and Bethany drives.<\/p>\n<p>Other regular meeting agenda items include:<\/p>\n<p>An annual report from the Downtown Design Review BoardAn annual report from the Keep Allen Beautiful boardApproving minutes from the March 10 regular City Council meetingThe work session agenda includes an update on Allen\u2019s 150 Fest and committee updates from City Council liaisons. <\/p>\n<p>Get involved<\/p>\n<p>Allen City Council will meet at City Hall, located at 305 Century Parkway. Community members attending the meeting should use the side entrance, as the main entrance is closed for <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/allen\/government\/2026\/01\/22\/631k-renovation-underway-for-allen-city-hall-front-entrance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">renovations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The meeting agenda can be accessed through the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/government\/city_meeting_agendas_minutes.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>. The meetings will be livestreamed on the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/actv.org\/internetchannel?site=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> for those unable to attend in person.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of Allen City Council will discuss two construction contracts for neighborhood infrastructure improvements at an upcoming meeting.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[55589,92841,56068,55590,1604,63275,160,162,161,92842],"class_list":["post-242622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-city-council","tag-allen-city-council-meeting-agendas","tag-allen-mayor","tag-allen-news","tag-community-impact","tag-news-in-allen","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-where-to-watch-allen-city-council-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}