City CouncilWednesday, May 28, 2025 · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall

#2An ordinance denying the rate increases requested by Atmos Energy Corp. Mid-Tex Division in its January 2025 annual rate review filing and instead setting rates as recommended by the City Manager.

#3Authorization of Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with Benzon Aviation Consulting, LLC to continue providing professional services for developing airline use and lease agreements and leading negotiations at Dallas Love Field Airport, increasing the contract by $200,000 to a new total of $500,000.

#4Authorization to amend a professional services contract with Kaplan Kirsch LLP for additional legal services related to Love Field airline gate lease negotiations, increasing the contract by $500,000 to a new total of $1,300,000.

#5Authorization of a three-year service contract with Flock Group, Inc. to supply automatic license plate reading cameras, installation, software, maintenance, and support for the Dallas Police Department from June 2025 through June 2028, not to exceed $5,738,414.61.

#6Authorization of a Standard Utility Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for water pipeline encasement extensions along FM 548, and acceptance of $68,377.73 in reimbursement funds from TxDOT for construction, inspection, and project management costs.

#7Authorization to increase an existing construction services contract with Omega Contracting, LLC by $3,234,085.00 for additional water and wastewater service installation work, raising the total contract value to $16,170,428.10.

#8Authorization of Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. to expand professional engineering services for non-potable water system improvements at the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, increasing the contract by $1,109,430 to a new total of $4,506,430.

#9Authorization of Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with Gresham Smith for additional engineering services on the Lower East Bank Interceptor project, increasing the contract by $1,537,899 to a new total of $4,065,883.50.

#10Authorization for a construction services contract with Flatiron Dragados Constructors, Inc. (lowest of three bidders) for the Taxiway Charlie Phase 2 Reconstruction Project at Dallas Love Field, not to exceed $20,536,102.86, funded through three aviation funds.

#11Authorizes a 12-year use and lease agreement with Southwest Airlines for 18 of 20 gates at Dallas Love Field (October 2028–September 2040), establishes the Love Field Expansion Airport Program (LEAP) capital development program, and creates the LEAP Advisory Council to oversee general aviation revenue bond funding, with estimated revenue of $5 billion to the Aviation Operation Fund over 12 years.

#12Resolution authorizing the city to apply for a State Infrastructure Bank loan and repayable reimbursement grant totaling $90 million from the Texas Department of Transportation to fund transit-oriented costs for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Master Plan.

#13Authorization of a Construction Manager at Risk Agreement with Beck Azteca joint venture for pre-construction and construction services for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center's Dallas Memorial Auditorium renovation (Component Three), with pre-construction fees not to exceed $519,755 and construction management at 3.85% of the cost of work within a $200 million construction budget.

#14Authorizes a work order under an existing Job Order Contract with Phoenix I Restoration and Construction, Ltd. for construction services at The Women's Museum, covering the temporary relocation of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters to facilitate construction and renovation of Component 4 of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Master Plan.

#15Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with Gensler for additional architectural and engineering design services for the Dallas Memorial Arena Practice Facility at an offsite location, with a corresponding appropriation increase raising the total contract from $25,137,244.00 to $30,639,211.00.

#16Resolution declaring approximately 52,443 square feet of improved land near Belleview Street and Botham Jean Boulevard as surplus property and authorizing its sale by public auction or real estate brokerage to the highest qualified bidder meeting the established reserve.

#17A resolution authorizing the city to convey a water easement of approximately 3,537 square feet over City-owned land in Kaufman County to Blackland Water Supply Corporation for water facility construction and maintenance, generating $10,200 in General Fund revenue.

#18An ordinance to abandon approximately 859 square feet of a utility easement near Llewellyn Avenue and Brockbank Drive to the abutting owner, Brixmor Holdings 12 SPE, LLC, generating $11,150 in General Fund revenue plus a $20 publication fee.

#19An ordinance abandoning two alley sight easements totaling approximately 224 square feet near Good Latimer Expressway and Dawson Street to abutting owner SCP/Ol Good Latimer OZ Owner, LLC via quitclaim, generating $11,150 in revenue plus a $20 publication fee.

#20An ordinance granting Dallas Independent School District a private license to use approximately 111 square feet of right-of-way on Keats Drive and Illinois Avenue for twelve pedestrian light fixtures, generating $200 in revenue plus a $20 publication fee.

#21City Council authorizes the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to issue up to $35M in tax-exempt bonds for the HiLine at Illinois affordable multifamily housing project, and approves up to $6.95M in CDBG and HOME loan funds for the development at 4710 West Illinois Avenue.

#22City Council authorizes the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to issue up to $50M in tax-exempt bonds for renovation of the Palladium Buckner Station affordable multifamily complex at 8008 Elam Road, following a public hearing held April 7, 2025, at no direct cost to the City.

#23Authorizes a conditional grant agreement with Caroline Dallas Tenant, LP (affiliate of Ojala Partners, LP) for up to $2,000,000 in 2024 General Obligation Bond funds (Proposition H) to support The Caroline, a 344-unit mixed-income workforce housing development, covering extraordinary costs of wastewater infrastructure and streetscape improvements.

#24Resolution to adopt an update to the Dallas Bike Plan; the adoption itself carries no immediate cost to the city, though future implementation costs are anticipated.

#25Authorizes a three-year cooperative purchasing service price agreement with Highway Intelligent Traffic Solutions, LLC for maintenance and repairs to pedestrian and roadway lighting, estimated at $9,780,535.68, executed through an interlocal agreement with the State of Texas.

#26Authorization to accept a $4,630,909 TxDOT Regional Toll Revenue grant to construct 12 traffic signals at various Dallas locations, with a required $1,157,727 local match from the 2017 General Obligation Bond Fund, for a total project cost of $5,788,636.

#27Authorization to reject all bids for the Pearl Street Intersection Improvements project, modify the engineered plans and bid items, and re-advertise for new bids, with no cost to the city.

#28Authorize a not-to-exceed $1,147,302.32 construction services contract with Road Solutions, LLC to reconstruct two traffic signals at Abrams Road/Flickering Shadow Drive and Park Lane/Caruth Plaza Driveway as part of the DART Signals Group 4A Project.

#29Authorize a not-to-exceed $944,907.50 construction services contract with Roadway Solutions, Inc. to reconstruct two traffic signals at Brookriver Drive/West Mockingbird Lane and Ferguson Road/Millmar Drive as part of the DART Signals Group 4B Project.

#30Authorization of a professional engineering services contract with Gresham Smith for Phase I of the Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct Modification and Realignment project, covering engineering support for demolition of a portion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas and the Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct/South Market Street bridge.

#31Authorization of a construction services contract with EAR Telecommunications, LLC (EARTC) to reconstruct two traffic signals at West Camp Wisdom Road/Greenspan Avenue and Bonnie View Road/Corrigan Drive/Stag Road intersections as part of the DART Signals Group 5A Project, not to exceed $891,084.

#32Authorization of a construction services contract with EAR Telecommunications, LLC (EARTC) to reconstruct two traffic signals at Millmar Drive/Peavy Road and Hillburn Drive/Lake June Road intersections as part of the DART Signals Group 5B Project, not to exceed $897,802.

#33Authorization of a contract with artist Anaisa Franco Nascimento dba Anaisa Franco Studio, LLC for artist design work at 6805 Patrol Way, not to exceed $300,000, funded by two General Obligation Bond funds.

#34Authorizes acceptance of a $50,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (via MIT subaward) to fund the J-PAL North America LEVER Evaluation design for the city's Digital Navigators Program, and establishes corresponding appropriations.

#35Authorization of four 10-year real property tax abatement agreements with CP Land Owner, LLC and CP Tower Owner, LLC for the multi-phase Cityplace development at 2711 North Haskell, abating 90% of added taxable value per phase, with estimated total foregone revenue of $13,849,498 over ten years.

#36Amendment to a TIF development agreement for the Mariposa at Western Heights mixed-income apartment development, allowing the City to subordinate deed restrictions to a Fannie Mae permanent financing loan and accepting a limited recapture guaranty from the developer in exchange.

#37Authorizes a three-year master agreement for the purchase of plumbing pipes, fittings, fixtures, and parts for Dallas Water Utilities with two vendors totaling an estimated $787,777.70, financed from the Dallas Water Utilities Fund.

#38Authorizes an 18-month service contract with two vendors—Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Dallas Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.—to administer the Dallas Accelerator Program for the Office of Procurement Services, totaling $960,511 funded through the General Fund and ARPA Redevelopment Fund.

#39Authorizes a five-year service contract with two optional one-year renewals for Harris Miller Miller & Hanson, Inc. to provide noise consulting services for the Dallas Airport System, not to exceed $1,008,650.

#40Authorizes a two-year citywide service price agreement for temporary industrial and day labor with CornerStone Staffing (Smith Temporaries, Inc.) through an interlocal agreement with the City of Arlington, totaling an estimated $8,000,000 spread across six city funds.

#41Authorizes a three-year service price agreement with Andrews Building Service, Inc. for janitorial services at aquatic spraygrounds operated by the Park & Recreation Department, estimated at $496,470.65.

#42Authorizes a five-year service price agreement for hydraulic cylinder, pump, and valve repairs citywide with two vendors (FLR Solutions and Heil of Texas), totaling an estimated $321,343.30 funded across four city funds.

#43Authorization to purchase electric bicycles for the Dallas Police Department Bike Unit from American Bike Patrol Services, the lowest responsible bidder of five, for not to exceed $159,999.60, financed through a federal Homeland Security grant.

#44Authorization of Supplemental Agreement No. 6 to increase the service contract with Tyler Technologies for ongoing maintenance and support of the city's court case management system by $2,950,523, raising the total contract value from $4,120,484 to $7,071,007.

#45Resolution authorizing support for Dallas Area Rapid Transit's application to TxDOT's 2025 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program for funding the Cotton Belt Trail, with no direct cost to the City.

#46Authorization of a three-year interlocal agreement with Grand Prairie Independent School District to provide transportation services, not to exceed $810,000 from the General Fund subject to annual appropriations.

#47Authorizes a professional services contract with Brown Reynolds Watford Architects, Inc. for architectural and engineering services to renovate Arcadia Recreation Center and Eloise Lundy Recreation Center, not to exceed $223,197, funded by the 2024 General Obligation Bond Fund.

#48Consideration of appointments to city boards and commissions, including evaluation and duties of board and commission members.

#49Consideration of appointments to six positions (03–08) on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors, with closed session authorized if needed for personnel discussion.

#50Authorization for the City to endorse Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Adam Bazaldua as Dallas's candidate for the 2026 National League of Cities Board of Directors, at no cost to the City.

#51Closed session for the City Attorney to provide legal advice regarding a demand letter involving Police Officer Darron Burks.

#52Closed session for the City Council to deliberate the qualifications of candidates for the inspector general position, as provided by MGT Consulting Group.

#53The City Council considers adopting a resolution accepting the Ad Hoc City Council Canvassing Committee's report declaring the amended results of the May 3, 2025 general election for Place 6, following a manual recount per Texas Election Code 213.033.

#54Resolution to increase the joint election agreement with Dallas County and other jurisdictions for a June 7, 2025 runoff election by up to $412,935.50, and to increase City Secretary's Office appropriations by up to $412,936 from General Fund Contingency Reserve, raising the total election services contract to $1,445,946.25.

#Z1Public hearing on rezoning approximately 35 acres along Hampton Road and West Clarendon Drive to WMU-3 Walkable Urban Mixed-Use District 3 with a Shopfront Overlay, also approving termination of deed restrictions (D.R. 190810).

#Z2Public hearing on rezoning property on the north line of Grovecrest Drive west of Conner Drive from R-7.5(A) Single Family District to MU-1 Mixed Use District.

#Z3Public hearing on a zoning application to create a new subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 468 (Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District) and grant a four-year Specific Use Permit for a boutique hotel on North Zang Boulevard between West Canty Street and West Neely Street.

#Z4Public hearing on a zoning application to create a new subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 830 (Davis Street Special Purpose District) and grant a four-year Specific Use Permit for a boutique hotel on North Bishop Avenue between West Neely Street and West Davis Street.

#Z5Public hearing and ordinance to amend Planned Development District No. 815 on the north line of Northwest Highway between Inwood Road and Meadowbrook Drive; both staff and the City Plan Commission recommend approval subject to an amended development plan, traffic management plan, and conditions.

#Z6Public hearing and ordinance for a five-year Specific Use Permit for a vehicle display, sales, and service use on the west line of Conner Drive south of Bruton Road within Planned Development District No. 366; both staff and the City Plan Commission recommend approval subject to a site plan and conditions.

#Z7Public hearing on renewal of Specific Use Permit No. 1653 for a wood or lumber processing operation on an IM Industrial Manufacturing District parcel on Manana Drive; both staff and CPC recommend approval for a five-year period subject to a revised site plan and conditions.

#Z8Public hearing on an application to rezone property at the northeast corner of Spangler Road and Mañana Drive from IR Industrial Research to IM Industrial Manufacturing District, along with a Specific Use Permit for asphalt or concrete batching; staff recommends approval for five years with conditions, while the City Plan Commission recommends denial.

#Z9Public hearing on an application to rezone property from an R-5(A) Single Family Subdistrict to an FRTN F-Residential Transition Subdistrict within Planned Development District No. 595 (South Dallas/Fair Park Special Purpose District) on Elsie Faye Heggins Street; both staff and the City Plan Commission recommend approval.

#PH1A public hearing to receive public comments on the proposed FY 2025-26 Operating, Capital, and Grant & Trust Budgets, with no cost to the City.

#PH2A public hearing to gather community comments on the proposed FY 2025-26 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget allocating federal housing and urban development grant funds, with no cost to the city.

#PH3A public hearing and ordinance adoption for the South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan, covering a defined area roughly bounded by Haskell Avenue, two railroad lines, and Botham Jean Boulevard, at no cost to the City.

#PH4Public hearing to renew and expand the Deep Ellum Public Improvement District for a ten-year term (2026–2035), approve its service plan, and authorize a management contract with Deep Ellum Foundation as the managing entity.

#PH5Public hearing to create the Far East Dallas Public Improvement District for a seven-year term (2026–2032), approve its service plan, and authorize a management contract with Ferguson Road Initiative as the managing entity.

#PH6Public hearing for early renewal of the Klyde Warren Park/Dallas Arts District Public Improvement District for a ten-year term (2026–2035), approval of its service plan, and a management contract with Woodall Rogers Park Foundation as the managing entity.

#PH7Public hearing to create the RedBird Public Improvement District for a 10-year period (2026–2035), authorizing a service plan funded by property assessments and a management contract with Preferred Place, LLC.