City CouncilWednesday, September 24, 2025 · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall

#2Authorization to accept a $1,732,442 grant from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority for the FY2026 Dallas Auto Theft Taskforce program (September 2025–August 2026), with a $355,509 cash match and $352,703 in-kind contribution, for a total program value not to exceed $2,440,654.

#3Authorization to apply for and accept a $1,224,538 grant from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority for the FY2026 SB224 Catalytic Converter theft prevention program (September 2025–August 2026), with a $270,076 local cash match, for a total not to exceed $1,494,614.

#4Authorize acceptance of a federal STEP Comprehensive 2026 grant from NHTSA through TxDOT in the amount of $840,132 for police traffic enforcement overtime and travel expenses, along with a required local cash match of $214,672.34 from the General Fund.

#5Authorizes FY2025-26 agreements with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to participate in various multi-agency task forces, including appropriating up to $450,200 in task force funds derived from reimbursements and asset forfeitures, plus a $6,527.90 city contribution for FICA costs.

#6Authorize a two-year contract renewal with El Centro College (DCCCD) for police academy training instructional services from September 2025 through August 2027, with up to $1,500,000 in funds received, deposited, and appropriated through the DCCCD El Centro Police Training Reimbursement Fund.

#7Authorization of a five-year cooperative purchasing agreement with one five-year renewal option, totaling up to $47,190,426.25, with Freeit Data Solutions, Inc. for a vendor-hosted Computer Aided Dispatching and Records Management System serving the Dallas Police Department, Dallas Fire-Rescue Department, and Marshal's Office, financed through 911 System Operations, Data Services, and COPS Grant funds.

#8Extends the service contract with CentralSquare Technologies, LLC for processing Dallas Police Department security alarm permit applications, renewals, and false alarm fee collection through December 31, 2025, generating an estimated $875,000 in net revenue to the General Fund.

#9Authorize payments to Dallas County for processing and housing city prisoners at the Lew Sterrett Criminal Justice Center for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

#10Authorize a two-year Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County as the city's Health Authority to provide essential public health services from October 2025 through September 2027, not to exceed $20,000.

#11Authorizes contracts with licensed childcare providers under the Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time Services (ECOSTS) Program for low-to-moderate income families, covering October 2025 through September 2026, and approves the program statement and policy/procedures. Total not to exceed $550,000 funded by CDBG.

#12Authorizes an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County Health and Human Services for up to $3,074,600 to provide scattered-site housing assistance for persons with HIV/AIDS from October 2025 through September 2026, financed by FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 HOPWA grant funds.

#13Authorization of one-year subrecipient agreements (with two renewal options) with three organizations to deliver Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs—including emergency/tenant rental assistance, facility-based housing, master leasing, and housing information services—totaling not to exceed $4,166,538, funded by FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 HOPWA Grant Funds.

#14Authorization of a Multiple Use Agreement with TxDOT for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the Trinity Forest Spine Trail North Phase 2 within TxDOT right-of-way along Scyene Road, at no cost to the City.

#15Authorizes a Multiple Use Agreement with TxDOT to allow construction, maintenance, and operation of the Trinity Forest Spine Trail North Phase 2 within TxDOT right-of-way under the Interstate 30 overpass at Samuell Boulevard, at no cost to the City.

#16Authorizes acceptance of a $2,054,250 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department grant for renovations and upgrades at Marcus Park Recreation Center, with $1,027,125 from the state and a matching $1,027,125 from the 2024 General Obligation Bond Fund.

#17Authorizes a supplemental project management services agreement with Dikita Enterprises, Inc. to temporarily relocate The Black Academy of Arts and Letters from the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center to The Women's Museum as part of KBHCCD master plan Component Four, increasing appropriations by $469,054 in the Convention Center Revenue Bonds Series 2023 Fund.

#18Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with McKissack & McKissack, Inc. for project management and owner's representative services covering the Secondary Arena Facility and rehabilitation of Dallas Memorial Auditorium under the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas master plan, increasing Convention Center Revenue Bonds Series 2023 Fund appropriations from $7,982,340 to $13,945,684.

#19An ordinance correcting Section 51A-7.205 of the Dallas Development Code regarding athletic field signs, special purpose signs, movement control signs, and protective signs, with no cost to the city.

#20The City will authorize an interlocal agreement with Dallas County to accept up to $1.3 million in funds to be passed through to Bridge Steps for homeless assistance services at The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center for FY October 2025 through September 2026.

#21The City will exercise the third one-year renewal option for Bridge Steps' facility management contract at The Bridge, increasing the annual fee from $4,519,000 to up to $5,916,911, funded through the General Fund and TDHCA grant funds.

#22Authorizes the first of two one-year renewal options for contracts totaling $686,740 with three organizations to provide emergency homeless shelter services from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, funded by the Emergency Solutions Grant.

#23Authorizes the first one-year renewal option of a service contract with Catholic Charities of Dallas for supportive services for homeless seniors from October 2025 through September 2026, not to exceed $250,000, financed from the General Fund.

#24Authorizes the second one-year renewal option of a service contract with Austin Street Center to provide homeless recovery services from October 2025 through September 2026, not to exceed $575,000, financed from the General Fund.

#25Authorization of Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to exercise the first one-year renewal of service contracts for homeless diversion services with three organizations totaling $255,000 for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

#26Authorization of Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to renew a service contract with Bridge Steps (dba The Bridge) for rapid rehousing rental assistance and supportive services for homeless persons at the Bridge Homeless Recovery Center, not to exceed $125,899.00, covering October 2025 through September 2026.

#27Authorizes a professional services contract with Binkley & Barfield, Inc. for engineering services including alignment study, preliminary design, and survey for water transmission main improvements within the Meandering Way High Pressure Plane, not to exceed $1,499,913.00.

#28Authorization of a professional services contract with IEA, Inc. for engineering services to evaluate and design erosion control improvements at three locations, funded through the 2024 General Obligation Bond Fund and a Certificate of Obligation fund.

#29Authorization of a professional services contract with LJA Engineering, Inc. for engineering services for flood management and storm drainage system improvements at six locations, funded through the 2025 Certificate of Obligation Fund.

#30Authorizes settlement of a condemnation suit against Heather J. Heflin for a 675 square foot easement at 2424 Knight Street for the Throckmorton-Reagan Drainage Improvements Project, increasing the authorized settlement amount by $12,156 from $29,844 to $42,000.

#31Authorizes a condemnation settlement to acquire approximately 206,362 square feet of commercial land on Morrell Avenue from One Morrell, LLC for the Dallas Floodway Extension Project, increasing the total settlement authorization from $4,473,000.00 to $11,041,000.00.

#32Authorizes a construction services contract with Flow-Line Construction, Inc. to install a 24-inch water transmission pipeline and valve along Camp Wisdom Road/Simpson Stuart Road from University Hills Boulevard to east of Teague Drive, not to exceed $14,995,560.00.

#33Authorization of a construction services contract with John Burns Construction Company of Texas, LLC, the lowest responsible bidder, for installation of 66-inch water transmission valves for the Elm Fork Denton – Royal Pipeline, not to exceed $3,895,653.

#34Authorizes a construction services contract with John Burns Construction Company of Texas, LLC, the lowest of five bidders, for water and wastewater main improvements at various locations, not to exceed $30,379,423, funded through multiple capital improvement, construction, and bond funds.

#35Authorizes a construction services contract with Walsh Construction Company II, LLC (dba Archer Western) for Construction Package A of the Lake June Pump Station and Reservoir Replacement project, not to exceed $72,744,600, financed across three water capital funds.

#36Authorizes a construction services contract with Camino Construction, LP for storm drainage improvements at eight locations, not to exceed $19,629,797, financed across multiple water, wastewater, stormwater, and flood control capital funds.

#37Authorization of a construction services contract with Douglas Dailey Construction, LLC, the lowest responsible bidder, for water and wastewater main installations at 13 locations, not to exceed $21,995,793.00.

#38Authorizes a $20,498,064.77 increase in appropriations in the Wastewater Construction Fund and awards a construction services contract to S.J. Louis Construction of Texas, LTD for Phase 1 of the McKamy & Osage Branch Wastewater Interceptor Project, not to exceed $39,144,257.00.

#39Authorizes a $1,800,060.00 increase in the construction services contract with John Burns Construction Company of Texas, LLC for air release valve improvements to the White Rock North Transmission Main system, along with a $476,400.00 reduction in the Wastewater TWDB 2018 Fund, raising the total contract from $15,383,455.00 to $17,183,515.00.

#40Authorization to increase BAR Constructors, Inc.'s construction contract by up to $1,873,456.25 for additional sulfur dioxide piping and equipment replacement at the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, raising the total contract value from $48,559,500.00 to $50,432,956.25.

#41Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with Black & Veatch Corporation for additional engineering services related to the Dallas Water Utilities Wastewater Facilities and Operations Strategic Plan, increasing the contract by $206,205 to a new total of $3,704,205.

#42Appoints Sarah Standifer as President, Ivan Guel as Vice-President, and Heather Estrada as Secretary to the Love Field Airport Modernization Corporation Board of Directors for two-year terms expiring September 30, 2027.

#43The city authorizes rejection of all bids received for construction services for the Dallas Executive Airport Streetscape Enhancements Project, with no financial cost to the city.

#44Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with Satterfield and Pontikes Construction to add a deicing structure and electric vehicle charger to the Dallas Love Field Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Station No. 21 project, increasing the contract by $1,573,483 to $32,406,738 and extending the term to March 31, 2026.

#45Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with O'Brien Engineering for structural design and HVAC assessment services at Dallas Love Field Garages A and B, increasing the contract by $30,000 to a total of $334,900 and extending the term to December 31, 2026.

#46Amendment No. 1 to the Advance Funding Agreement between the City and TxDOT for the Uptown McKinney/Cole Couplet (McKinney Avenue/Cole Avenue Two-way Conversion), increasing the total estimated project cost by ~$30M to ~$51M with revised federal, state, and local funding participation shares.

#47Amendment No. 1 to the Advance Funding Agreement with TxDOT for intersection improvements at Carbondale Street and Great Trinity Forest Way, reallocating existing project funding from the construction phase to the engineering phase at no new cost to the city.

#48Construction services contract awarded to Texas Standard Construction, Ltd. to construct two new traffic signals at Chrysalis Drive/Wheatland Road and Red Bird Lane/Pastor Bailey Drive, funded by 2024 General Obligation Bonds.

#49Construction services contract awarded to Texas Standard Construction, Ltd. to construct two new traffic signals at Illinois Avenue/Pierce Street and Duncanville Road/Ledbetter Drive, funded by 2024 General Obligation Bonds.

#50Authorizes a construction services contract with EAR Telecommunications, LLC (EARTC) to construct two new traffic signals at the intersections of Matilda Road at University Boulevard and Jim Miller Road at Piedmont Drive, not to exceed $689,971.00, funded by the 2024 General Obligation Bond Fund.

#51Authorizes a construction services contract with EAR Telecommunications, LLC (EARTC) to construct two new traffic signals at the intersections of McCree Road at Plano Road and Whitehurst Way at Ferris Branch Boulevard, not to exceed $809,580.00, funded by the 2024 General Obligation Bond Fund.

#52Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with Gresham Smith for additional Phase I engineering services on the Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct Modification and Realignment project, supporting demolition of a portion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas and the Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct/South Market Street bridge, increasing the contract by $352,916.00 to a new total of $3,709,095.88.

#53Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 10 with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. for continued engineering, construction inspection, and bridge monitoring services under the Bridge Management Program in support of the Infrastructure Management Plan, increasing the contract by $351,000.00 to a new total of $2,384,921.00.

#54Authorizes the Fifth Amendment to the Use Agreement between the City and the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. (DCPAF) to allow the parties to undertake planning, design, construction, renovation, and improvements to the Center, at no cost to the City.

#55Resolution authorizing preparation of plans and payment of potential future costs for the issuance of General Obligation Bonds Series 2025 (up to $252 million) and Equipment Acquisition Contractual Obligations Series 2025 (up to $35 million).

#56The city is abandoning a portion of an alley (approximately 5,937 sq ft) to the abutting owner Fair Park Holdings LP near First Avenue and Ash Lane and authorizing a quitclaim, generating $202,638 in General Capital Reserve Fund revenue and $20,000 in General Fund revenue.

#57The city is abandoning a portion of Fifteenth Street and an entire water main reservation (approximately 12,701 sq ft) to the City of Dallas as abutting owner near Ewing Avenue and Clarendon Drive, authorizing a quitclaim, and dedicating approximately 4,427 sq ft for new water easements, generating $11,150 in General Fund revenue.

#58Ordinance abandoning approximately 468 square feet of Hall Street near the intersection of Roseland Avenue to abutting owner The Hall Street Yankee, LLC via quitclaim, generating $19,890 in General Fund revenue plus a $20 publication fee.

#59The city is abandoning a sanitary sewer easement with temporary working space (approximately 2,918 sq ft) to the abutting owner Grand Bazaar Denton, LLC, near the intersection of Denton Drive and Reward Lane, generating $11,150 in revenue to the General Fund.

#60Authorizes the quitclaim of 24 tax foreclosed properties to be sold to the highest qualified bidders and the release of non-tax liens included in the foreclosure judgment, with sale revenue to be determined by the real estate market.

#61Authorizes the private sale of a tax foreclosed property at 12229 Dandridge Drive, acquired through a Sheriff's Sale, to Dallas County for an estimated $55,783 in revenue.

#62Authorizes a five-year lease with Esperanza Community Center at Dobie Local Government Corporation for approximately 5,571 square feet at 14040 Rolling Hills Lane to operate a Women, Infants and Children Clinic from December 2025 through November 2030, not to exceed $389,970 funded by the WIC Grant.

#63Authorization of a three-year service price agreement with Tetra Tech, Inc. for on-call debris monitoring services for the Department of Sanitation Services, with an estimated value of $2,622,000 funded by the Sanitation Operation Fund.

#64Authorizes a three-year service price agreement with three vendors for pumps, pump parts, and overhaul repair services for the Dallas Water Utilities Department, totaling $22,355,598.60.

#65Authorizes a three-year service price agreement (with two one-year renewal options) with FCC Environmental Services Texas LLC dba Premier Waste Services, LLC for waste collection, disposal, and container rental services at various City facilities, estimated at $7,833,605.10.

#66Authorizes a five-year master agreement with four vendors for the purchase of office supplies for citywide use through cooperative purchasing agreements, totaling $7,500,000.00.

#67Authorization of a five-year sole-source service contract with LeadsOnline LLC for warranty and maintenance of National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) program equipment for the Dallas Police Department, not to exceed $159,934.

#68Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 28, a two-year extension with Computronix (U.S.A), Inc. for continued maintenance and support of the City's Permit One Stop Solution Engine Land Management System, increasing the contract by $682,230.00 to a new total of $12,769,003.15.

#69Authorizes settlement of the lawsuit Kenya Moore v. City of Dallas (Cause No. DC-23-04924) for not to exceed $250,000.00, funded from the Liability Reserve Fund.

#70A resolution to formally terminate Dallas's sister city agreements with Saratov, Russia and Tianjin, China, as required by Texas House Bill 128, at no cost to the city.

#71Consideration of appointments to city boards and commissions, including review of the evaluation and duties of board and commission members.

#72Amends the 2025 City Council Calendar to rename two council committees: the Committee on Government Performance and Financial Management becomes the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Workforce, Education, and Equity becomes the Committee on Government Efficiency, effective September through December.

#73Authorize the city's contracted broker of record, Marsh & McLennan Companies, to purchase multiple lines of insurance coverage for the city for fiscal year October 2025 through September 2026, at a not-to-exceed cost of $15,261,509.25 from the Risk Management Fund.

#74Authorize condemnation by eminent domain to acquire eleven parcels totaling approximately 78,483 square feet near Pontiac Street and Cadillac Drive for the Cadillac Heights Phase II Project, funded by 2006 General Obligation Bond Funds, not to exceed $1,650,000.

#75Amends the FY 2024-25 budget ordinance for the sixth time to authorize transfers and appropriation adjustments totaling up to $5,566,481,013 across the General Fund, Enterprise Funds, Grants and Trust Funds, and Capital Funds, and authorizes the City Manager to implement those adjustments.

#76A resolution to appoint an Interim Inspector General effective September 26, 2025, to serve until the City Council selects and appoints a permanent Inspector General; the appointee's name and compensation ceiling are not yet specified in the agenda text.

#Z1Public hearing on an application for a new Specific Use Permit for alcoholic beverage sales on a property within Planned Development District No. 366 (Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District) at the northeast corner of South Buckner Boulevard and Elam Road; both staff and CPC recommend approval subject to a site plan and conditions.

#Z2Public hearing on an application for a new Specific Use Permit for commercial amusement (outside) on an MU-3 zoned property on Market Center Boulevard northwest of Turtle Creek Boulevard; staff recommends a five-year term with automatic renewal eligibility while CPC recommends a three-year term.

#Z3Public hearing on an application to establish a new planned development district on property currently zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family and IR Industrial Research, generally bounded by Bonnie View Road, Southerland Avenue, and Arrow Road. Both staff and the City Plan Commission recommend approval subject to a conceptual plan and conditions.

#Z4Public hearing on an application for a new specific use permit allowing a child or adult care facility and a private recreation center on R-7.5(A)-zoned property on the north line of Fordham Road between South Marsalis Avenue and Maryland Avenue. Both staff and the City Plan Commission recommend approval subject to a site plan, landscape plan, and conditions.

#Z5Public hearing on an application to amend Planned Development District No. 988 on property bounded by West Wheatland Road, McKissick Lane, Algebra Drive, and Indian Ridge Trail; both staff and CPC recommend approval subject to amended development, landscape, and traffic management plans and conditions.

#Z6Public hearing on an application to amend Specific Use Permit No. 145 for a government installation on property zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family and CR Community Retail District with a D Liquor Control Overlay, on Algonquin Drive between Lake June Road and San Leon Avenue. Both staff and the City Plan Commission recommend approval subject to an amended site plan and conditions.

#Z7Public hearing on an application to rezone property within Planned Development District No. 595 (South Dallas Fair Park Special Purpose District) from R-5(A) Single Family to TH-3(A) Townhouse Subdistrict at the corner of Myrtle Street and Marburg Street, with deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant. Staff recommends approval; CPC recommends approval subject to the deed restrictions.

#Z8Public hearing on an application to rezone property within Planned Development District No. 595 (South Dallas Fair Park Special Purpose District) from R-5(A) Single Family to TH-3(A) Townhouse Subdistrict at the corner of Colonial Avenue and Driskell Street, with deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant. Staff recommends approval; CPC recommends approval subject to the deed restrictions.

#Z9Public hearing on a zoning application to rezone property from CR Community Retail District to TH-1(A) Townhouse District on the west line of South Ewing Avenue, north of East Saner Avenue; both staff and CPC recommend approval.

#Z10Public hearing on an application for a new Specific Use Permit for a Handicapped Group Dwelling Unit on R-7.5(A) Single Family District-zoned property on the south line of Plaza Boulevard between Linda Lane and La Flor Lane; both staff and CPC recommend approval subject to a site plan and conditions.

#Z11Public hearing on an application to amend Specific Use Permit No. 2147 for a community service center on R-7.5(A) Single Family District-zoned property at the southeast corner of Southerland Avenue and Bonnie View Road; both staff and CPC recommend approval subject to conditions.

#Z12Public hearing and ordinance to rezone property on the southeast line of Bicentennial Lane, southwest of Middlefield Road, from A(A) Agricultural District to R-10(A) Single Family District, with both staff and the City Plan Commission recommending approval.

#Z13Public hearing on an application for a new Specific Use Permit for a paraphernalia shop on Planned Development District No. 810-zoned property at the northeast corner of North Cockrell Hill Road and I-30 Frontage Road; staff recommends approval and CPC recommends a five-year permit, both subject to a site plan and conditions.

#PH1Public hearing on amendments to sign regulations in the Downtown and Arts District Special Provision Sign Districts, proposing to repeal the Chase Tower Subdistrict from the Downtown SPSD, repeal the Arts District Extension Area SPSD, and amend and expand the Arts District SPSD within an area bounded by Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Routh Street, Ross Avenue, Saint Paul Street, San Jacinto Street, and North Central Expressway.

#PH2Public hearing and ordinance authorizing City support for a municipal setting designation by TCEQ to prohibit the use of groundwater as potable water beneath property owned by 8605 Carpenter No. 19, LLC near John Carpenter Freeway and Profit Drive.

#PH3Public hearing on the proposed use of approximately 7.58 acres of parkland at Judge Charles R. Rose Community Park for three Sidewalk and Utility Easements, one Floodway Easement, one Water Easement, and one Right-of-way Easement as required for the park's plat, with no cost to the City.

#PH4Public hearing on the proposed use of approximately 1.49 acres of parkland at LB Houston Nature Area by Trinity River Authority for construction of a 30-inch reuse water line, with consideration of a resolution authorizing the use under Chapter 26 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code.