Community Development Block Grant Spending Report (26-388A)

Context: The lease would forgo $16,837,803 in general fund revenue and has cleared two Committee on Finance briefings (Jan 26, Feb 3) without a Chapter 303 disclosure on record.

Recommended: Pull the Public Facility Corporation's authorizing resolution for the 75-year Good Homes Dallas lease and confirm Texas Local Government Code Chapter 303 disclosure is complete — after two Finance Committee briefings with no disclosure on record, any formal action on the lease could be voidable once challenged.

Context: The Feb 3 Committee on Finance agenda disclosed the lease would forgo $16,837,803 in general fund revenue, the only dollar figure on a 15-item briefing agenda.

Recommended: Request the financial analysis and term sheet for the Good Homes Dallas 75-year Public Facility Corporation lease before this draft item advances past its second Finance Committee briefing — the structure eliminates an estimated $16.8 million in property tax liability, so reviewing the qualifying criteria now tells you whether your own mixed-income project can use the same vehicle.

Context: The matter is titled a Community Development Block Grant spending report, yet the only disclosed dollar figure on its agenda belongs to a separate $16,837,803 property-tax exemption for a project at the same address.

Recommended: File a public records request for the Community Development Block Grant spending report tied to this matter and ask specifically whether Good Homes Dallas at 6950 North Stemmons Freeway appears as a beneficiary — if federal block grant dollars and the 75-year Public Facility Corporation tax exemption are layered on the same project, that dual-subsidy structure has gone unexplained across two draft briefings with zero public comment.

Context: Two Committee on Finance briefings have passed with the $16,837,803 lease still in Draft status and no recorded vote.

Recommended: Identify which Committee on Finance members represent districts near 6950 North Stemmons Freeway and schedule meetings now — the item has appeared twice (Jan 26, Feb 3) without a formal vote, meaning members are informed but not yet committed, which is your best window before staff brings a recommendation.

Context: The Feb 3 Committee on Finance agenda shows the lease still in Draft status after two briefings, with no public comment period recorded.

Recommended: Contact your district council member and ask whether the Good Homes Dallas mixed-income apartments at 6950 North Stemmons Freeway will get a public comment period before the 75-year lease is finalized — the city would forgo an estimated $16.8 million in property taxes, and neither of the two recorded Finance Committee briefings has opened public comment.