🏥 McKinney City Council members are scheduled to consider and potentially vote in December on new zoning for a five-story hospital along North Central Expressway.

What’s happening: City Council is scheduled to meet Dec. 2 for a work session and regular meeting. The regular meeting agenda includes consideration of a zoning case for construction of a new hospital, dubbed Texas Health McKinney in a letter of intent submitted to the city.

Looking back: McKinney’s Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the zoning request in November. If approved by council, the subject property would be zoned for commercial uses with a maximum building height of 210 feet, according to city documents.

The details: A conceptual stacking plan included in the zoning request shows a first phase with a five-story hospital featuring an emergency department, surgery space, women’s services floor and 60 inpatient beds. Further phases of construction could expand the hospital to 12 floors with 300 inpatient beds, as well as two adjacent medical office buildings, according to city documents.

🚘️ Scooter’s Car and Dog Wash is now open in McKinney, said Sara Brewster, vice president of business solutions.

The business is family-owned and operated and offers car washes and dog washes, Brewster said. The business name is inspired by the family dog named Scooter, she said.

“He is about 14 years old and he's that cute little face that's on our logo,” Brewster said.

Scooter’s offers membership options that come with different perks at different price points, according to its website. In addition to a car wash tunnel the business also offers wash tubs for self-service dog washes.

📍12041 W. University Drive, McKinney

🚄 Nearly two decades after its initial conception, the 26-mile, $2 billion Silver Line transit rail from transportation agency Dallas Area Rapid Transit is now open.

As of Oct. 25, riders can hop on the train and travel to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in less than an hour. The Silver Line has two stations each in Plano and Richardson, and six additional stations that touch Dallas, Addison, Carrollton, Coppell and Grapevine.

Quote of note: DART CEO Nadine Lee called the Silver Line’s opening the “realization of a promise kept to our riders and our region.”

“This moment captures what we mean when we talk about moving [DART] from being seen as just a transit system to becoming a regional economic and mobility asset,” Lee said.

Something to know: Four DART member cities, including Plano, have initiated special elections allowing voters to decide if they remain with the transit system.

Richardson City Manager Don Magner said that city staff are working with DART and the other cities to identify a “regional solution” prior to any withdrawals.