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At the July 23, 2026 City Plan Commission, Item 4 covers an application by Therme Dallas LLC for an amendment to Planned Development District No. 800 (creating and expanding subdistricts for specified non-residential uses) and a new Specific Use Permit for a pedestrian skybridge, on property along Cadiz Street between Riverfront Boulevard and the Union Pacific Railroad, near Corinth Street, Council District 2, File 26-2334A. [1] At the same July 23, 2026 meeting, Item #9 (file 26-2339A, Oak Lawn PD 193 Subdistrict 30 amendment), Item #10 (26-2340A, PD 17 amendment at Alpha/Preston), Item #11 (26-2341A, new LC subdistrict and mini-warehouse SUP at Lemmon/Hedgerow), and Item #12 (26-2342A, new PD for light industrial use on Cleveland Road) were each listed with status Under Advisement. [1]
Dallas Council approved a $5.8 billion FY2025-26 budget amendment and closed $105 million in affordable-housing financing in June, while denying a $271.3 million Convention Center expansion and pivoting away from repairing 1500 Marilla Street toward parallel relocation studies.
In May 2026 the City Council approved item #18, a $67,079,040.81 four-year contract with HNTB Corporation for LEAP Program Management Services with one three-year renewal option, funded from the AVI Commercial Paper Fund (26-1492A). [1] On May 27, 2026, the City Council approved the TIF development agreement (file 26-1644A, item #21) as an individual item, authorizing up to $29,000,000 payable from the Maple/Mockingbird TIF District Fund to Mockingbird Owner LP and/or affiliates for the design, engineering, financing, and construction of the Oak Park Mixed-Use and Mixed-Income Project on approximately 5.9 acres at 1545 West Mockingbird Lane. [1]
Dallas committed $431M across infrastructure, housing, and public safety in April 2026 while City Council overrode unanimous staff and planning commission recommendations on four zoning cases and managed three senior leadership vacancies almost entirely through closed sessions.
Matters to Watch
View all matters →Convent Planned Development Subdistrict at West Davis Street (Z-25-000156)
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Pull adopted subdistrict conditions for West Davis convent site
Why now: Staff and the City Plan Commission both recommended approval 'subject to conditions,' and the commission carried the item 13-0 on March 26, 2026 after holding it under advisement from January 15, 2026, meaning the operative standards live in the amended conditions rather than the case caption.
What to do: Obtain the ordinance conditions and development plan that City Plan Commission approved for the southwest corner of West Davis Street and South Cockrell Hill Road, because the new Planned Development Subdistrict replaces the underlying R-7.5(A) single-family standards with custom use, height, and setback rules that only appear in the attached conditions. Without them you cannot price or design to what is actually permitted on this tract, and the base zoning map will mislead you.
Act before: After the adopted subdistrict ordinance and conditions are obtained
Get the site plan for Davis and Cockrell Hill corner
Why now: The application converts R-7.5(A) Residential Subdistrict land inside Planned Development District 631 into a new subdistrict subject to conditions, and planner Mona Hashemi is named on all three City Plan Commission items in Council District 1.
What to do: Contact city planner Mona Hashemi and ask for the development plan and conditions for the southwest corner of West Davis Street and South Cockrell Hill Road, which show the permitted uses, building height, and setbacks that would replace the current single-family standards on that block. The three commission hearings changed the conditions along the way, so the version circulated in January is not necessarily what went to council.
Act before: After the current conditions and development plan are received
Confirm whether convent special use permit survives new subdistrict
Why now: The case is described throughout as a new Planned Development Subdistrict on R-7.5(A) land within Planned Development District 631 that already carries Specific Use Permit No. 128 for Convent, and the record shows no disposition after the April 22, 2026 council public hearing.
What to do: Request the signed ordinance from the April 22, 2026 council hearing and confirm in writing whether Specific Use Permit No. 128 for the convent remains in force, is folded into the new subdistrict, or terminates, and whether the final conditions match those the commission recommended on March 26. Two overlapping entitlements on the same tract, plus conditions amended across three commission settings, create a real risk that the recorded ordinance and the operating use are out of alignment.
Act before: After the signed ordinance or council disposition is produced
Ask why convent rezoning shows no council outcome yet
Why now: The matter was held under advisement from January 15, 2026 and returned to the commission three times with unanimous votes (13-0, 14-0, 13-0) before a April 22, 2026 council hearing that the record leaves unresolved, and minutes note items 27 and 28 were heard together.
What to do: File a records request for the April 22, 2026 council minutes and any post-hearing correspondence on this case, and ask the planning department why a file that both staff and the commission recommended for approval still shows no adopted ordinance months later. Also ask what the companion item heard alongside it on February 5 was, since the two were read into the record together.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Deed Restriction Termination at Fouraker Street (Z-25-000202)
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Verify which deed restrictions bind Fouraker Street property now
Why now: The application by Baldwin Associates, LLC / Robert Baldwin seeks termination of Deed Restriction Z778-181, but the City Plan Commission's approval recommendation was tied to substitute restrictions volunteered by the applicant (E1, E2).
What to do: Before underwriting or contracting on the parcel on the south line of Fouraker Street between North Vernon and North Van Buren Avenues, order a current title run to see whether Z778-181 has been released and whether the applicant's volunteered restrictions were recorded in its place. Assuming the site is unrestricted because a termination was recommended could leave you buying land subject to new private covenants layered on Subdistrict 6 Davis Corridor rules within Planned Development District 830.
Act before: After the next material record update
Pull the volunteered deed restrictions filed for Fouraker Street site
Why now: The April 22, 2026 council hearing item states staff recommended approval of termination of Deed Restriction Z778-181 while the City Plan Commission recommendation was conditioned on the applicant's volunteered deed restrictions (E1), and the record here shows no documented council outcome.
What to do: Obtain the text of the deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant and confirm whether they were actually executed and recorded, because staff recommended approval of terminating Z778-181 outright while the City Plan Commission recommended approval only subject to those volunteered restrictions. Treat as an open question whether the site is currently governed by the old restriction, the volunteered replacement, or neither, and ask the city attorney's office which instrument controls.
Act before: After the volunteered deed restriction instrument and council action are obtained
Ask why deed restriction vote shows two conflicting tallies
Why now: Minutes record M1 flags the discrepancy between the 'Carried: 12 to 0' result line and two recorded no votes (Forsyth, Kocks), while E2 and E3 show the same application decided twice, on February 5, 2026 (14-0) and March 5, 2026.
What to do: Request the certified March 5 City Plan Commission minutes and roll call for the Fouraker Street deed restriction case: the published result reads "Carried: 12 to 0" while the same record lists Forsyth and Kocks voting against, an actual 12-2 split. Also ask staff why the case came back to the commission on March 5 after it had already carried 14-0 on February 5.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Winners Assembly Church Mixed Use Rezoning at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Z245-200)
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Compare two competing zoning paths for Martin Luther King Boulevard site
Context: Council items for January 14, March 25, and June 24, 2026 all list the applicant request as MU-3 with staff recommending consideration of FWMU-5 within Planned Development District No. 595 and the City Plan Commission recommendation as denial (Z245-200/Z-25-000073).
Recommended: The application asks for a straight MU-3 Mixed Use District while staff instead recommends a form-based FWMU-5 subdistrict inside Planned Development District No. 595 — pull both rule sets and model the site under each, because building envelope, ground-floor treatment under the existing shopfront overlay, and parking obligations differ depending on which one Council adopts. If you underwrite the corner at FWMU-5 intensity, note the site today remains FWMU-3 and the Plan Commission's recommendation is denial.
Ask why unanimous commission votes produced a denial recommendation
Context: Items were carried 14-0 on July 10, 2025 and 10-0 on October 9, 2025 with planner Teaseia Blue assigned, while the January 14, March 25, and June 24, 2026 Council notices each list "Recommendation of CPC: Denial" and record successive deferrals.
Recommended: Both Plan Commission actions on this church rezoning carried unanimously — 14-0 in July 2025 and 10-0 in October 2025 — yet every Council hearing notice reports the Commission recommendation as denial while staff recommends the form-based FWMU-5 option. Ask the planner assigned to the case what each unanimous motion actually did, and why Council has deferred the same item three consecutive times over more than five months.
Ask how rezoning changes the Colonial Avenue corner storefronts
Context: The application covers the north corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Colonial Avenue, zoned FWMU-3 with a shopfront overlay in Planned Development District No. 595, with Teaseia Blue listed as planner and the church of Apostle Raphael Adebayo as applicant.
Recommended: The property on the north corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Colonial Avenue carries a shopfront overlay today, and the pending request would replace the current form standards with either a conventional mixed-use district or a higher-intensity form subdistrict. Ask the assigned planner, in writing, what maximum building height and ground-floor storefront requirement would apply under each option so you know what can be built next door before the item returns.
Request certified tally from July church rezoning commission vote
Context: Minutes for Item 11 state "Carried: 14 to 0" while noting Hampton and Herbert were out of the room shown voting in favor and Sims is listed both among the "for" names and as absent (15 names for a count of 14).
Recommended: The July 10, 2025 minutes record a 14-0 result but list fifteen names in the affirmative column, with Sims appearing both among the "for" voters and as absent, and two commissioners marked out of the room yet shown voting in favor. Request the certified minutes and the recorded roll call for that item and the October 9, 2025 item so the record shows what was actually carried before any Council action, since reconstructing this becomes harder after the file closes.
Masterplan Consultants Planned Development Subdistrict on West Davis Street (Z-25-000157)
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Ask why West Davis rezoning outcome is still unrecorded
Why now: Minutes show the case carried 13-0, 14-0 and 13-0 at three commission hearings and reached a council public hearing on April 22, 2026, yet the matter status is still active with next step unknown, and item 28 was heard together with an unnamed item 27.
What to do: Request the April 22, 2026 council minutes and voting record for this case from the city secretary, and ask staff why the matter remains open months later despite three unanimous commission votes and staff support. Separately, identify the companion item heard together with this case at the February 5 commission meeting — the two were read into the record jointly, and the record here never names the other case.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
See what can replace single-family homes near Cockrell Hill Road
Why now: The application converts R-7.5(A) Residential Subdistrict land within Planned Development District 631 to a new Planned Development Subdistrict, approved by the commission 13-0, 14-0 and 13-0 in Council District 1, with Mona Hashemi as assigned planner.
What to do: Ask planner Mona Hashemi for the development plan and condition list for the site on the south side of West Davis Street west of Cockrell Hill Road, which shows the building height, permitted uses and parking that would replace today's single-family R-7.5(A) standards. The commission approved this three times without a single dissenting vote, so the conditions document — not further hearings — is where the actual neighborhood impact is defined.
Act before: After the development plan and conditions are obtained
Get final building rules for West Davis Street subdistrict
Why now: Staff and City Plan Commission both recommended approval subject to conditions for the new Planned Development Subdistrict on the south line of West Davis Street west of Cockrell Hill Road (Z-25-000157), heard by council April 22, 2026.
What to do: Request the ordinance text and development plan conditions presented at the April 22 council hearing to confirm exactly which uses, heights, setbacks and parking standards now replace the single-family R-7.5(A) rules on this tract inside the West Davis Special Purpose District. Both staff and the commission recommended approval only 'subject to conditions,' so what is buildable here depends entirely on that condition list, not on the subdistrict label.
Act before: After the adopted ordinance and its conditions are published
Compare rezoning conditions across three commission hearings
Why now: The case was held over from January 15, 2026 and reheard February 5 (14-0) and March 26 (13-0) before the April 22, 2026 council public hearing, with the same 'approval, subject to conditions' recommendation each time (Z-25-000157).
What to do: Obtain from planner Mona Hashemi the staff condition sets circulated for the January 15, February 5 and March 26 commission hearings and the ordinance draft carried to the April 22 council hearing, then determine whether the conditions the commission actually voted 13-0 on in March match the ordinance text council considered. If the case was held from January 15 to allow condition revisions, any divergence between the recommended and enacted conditions is the question to resolve before relying on the subdistrict.
Act before: After the requested condition sets and ordinance draft are produced
Townhouse District at Ferguson Road (Z-25-000164)
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Pull volunteered deed restrictions for Ferguson Road townhouse rezoning
Why now: City Council remanded the case on June 24, 2026 after staff and the City Plan Commission both recommended approval subject to deed restrictions volunteered by applicant Robert Reeves on the R-7.5(A) site carrying Specific Use Permit 42.
What to do: Obtain the current version of the deed restrictions the applicant volunteered and confirm how the existing Specific Use Permit 42 for the private school, kindergarten and day nursery is handled if the townhouse district is granted. The City Council remand reopened the case, so restriction terms and the underlying school permit status can still shift before any final ordinance is adopted.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why council remanded unanimously recommended townhouse rezoning
Why now: The City Plan Commission carried the item 13-0 on March 26, 2026 and 12-0 on April 23, 2026 with staff recommending approval, yet City Council remanded the case on June 24, 2026.
What to do: Request the June 24, 2026 City Council hearing record and the staff briefing for this case, and ask what changed between the commission's unanimous actions and the remand. Both staff and the commission recommended approval, and the May 7 commission item has no recorded outcome at all — the gap is the story.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Read townhouse restrictions for Ferguson Road school site
Why now: The application seeks a townhouse district on property zoned R-7.5(A) with Specific Use Permit 42 for a private school, kindergarten and day nursery, with planner Lori Levy, AICP listed and the case remanded by City Council on June 24, 2026.
What to do: The private school, kindergarten and day nursery site on the west side of Ferguson Road between Larry Drive and Province Lane would be rezoned for townhouses, and the only extra limits are restrictions the applicant volunteered. Ask planner Lori Levy for the current restriction text before the case is heard again so you know what is actually binding on setbacks, unit count and site layout.
Act before: After the next material record update
Get written scope of City Council townhouse zoning remand
Why now: The matter was remanded by City Council on June 24, 2026 after four appearances, and the City Plan Commission item on May 7, 2026 shows no recorded result while noting the case was held from March 26 and April 23, 2026.
What to do: Request the June 24, 2026 City Council action language and ask staff in writing whether the remand requires a new City Plan Commission hearing with fresh notice, and which version of the volunteered deed restrictions is now the operative record. Without that document you cannot tell whether the commission's earlier unanimous actions still stand or the record restarts.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Caleb Mann RTN District at McShann and Preston Road (Z-25-000121)
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Learn what Residential Transition zoning allows at your corner
Why now: The commission approved the applicant's Residential Transition District request over R-16(A) Single Family District zoning at that corner on June 11, 2026 by 10-0, with Martin Bate as planner and applicant Caleb Mann represented by Matthew Sheard.
What to do: Contact planner Martin Bate for the approved site exhibit showing what building types, heights and unit counts are now permitted at the northwest corner of McShann Road and Preston Road, which was single-family R-16(A) zoning until June 11. Ask specifically whether any buffer, height step-down or driveway-access conditions were attached, because those details determine what you will see from the street.
Act before: After the approved zoning exhibit is released or construction plans are filed
Ask why Preston Road rezoning took five commission hearings
Why now: The item carried 14-0 on February 5, March 5 and April 9, then 12-0 on April 23 and 10-0 on June 11, with minutes noting Hampton had a conflict of interest and was out of the room both times.
What to do: Request the case file and hearing audio explaining why this single-family-to-Residential-Transition request was held over from February 5, March 5, April 9, and April 23 before finally clearing on June 11, and ask what conflict of interest kept Commissioner Hampton out of the room for the last two votes. The delay pattern and the repeated recusal are documented but unexplained in the record.
Act before: After the requested records and hearing audio are produced
Obtain certified minutes correcting misnumbered rezoning file entry
Why now: Minutes for one hearing show the file number as 26-1263A, the same as item 13, corrected to 26-1285A per the agenda roster, and Hampton was recorded as recused for conflict of interest at the April 23 and June 11 votes on Z-25-000121.
What to do: Request the certified minutes and the official agenda roster for the hearing where the clerk recorded the file number as 26-1263A, duplicating the preceding item before it was corrected to 26-1285A, and confirm the correction is reflected in the adopted record. Also ask whether Commissioner Hampton's conflict-of-interest disclosure was filed in writing, and obtain the ordinance or approval document showing what body took final action, since the supplied record verifies no step after the commission.
Act before: After certified minutes and the final approval document are produced
Pull staff report defining Residential Transition standards at Preston corner
Why now: The commission approved the Residential Transition District over R-16(A) Single Family zoning on June 11, 2026 by a 10-0 vote with staff recommending approval, planner Martin Bate, Council District 13.
What to do: Get planner Martin Bate's staff report and the approved zoning exhibit for the northwest corner of McShann Road and Preston Road to confirm the height, setback and unit-type standards that now replace the R-16(A) single-family rules, and verify whether the June 11 action carried any conditions the earlier held-over versions did not. Designing to assumed Residential Transition standards before reading the approved exhibit risks a redesign at permit review.
Act before: After the approved zoning exhibit and staff report are obtained
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