Dallas Reports
19 months analyzed · 256 meetings · 305 important findings.
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]
View full report →Dallas's first seven months of 2026 were dominated by a volatile Convention Center rebuild and an about-face on City Hall's future, a maturing affordable-housing finance formula, and persistent friction in zoning reversals and procurement.
Economic Development Committee agenda item #D (File 26-2435A) listed a TIF development agreement with Fair Park First in a total amount not to exceed $3,000,000, payable from the Deep Ellum TIF District Fund, in consideration of the Community Park at Fair Park project. [3] At the July 23, 2026 City Plan Commission meeting, Item #9 (file 26-2339A), Item #10 (26-2340A), Item #11 (26-2341A), and Item #12 (26-2342A) were each listed with status Under Advisement. [6]
The City Council approved Item #88 (26-2150A), an economic development incentive agreement with Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. covering NEZ No. 24 (1445 Ross Avenue) and NEZ No. 25 (2401/2421/2425 McKinney Avenue, 2507/2515 Fairmount Street), including a Chapter 380 grant not to exceed $18,500,000. [3] On June 24, 2026, the City Council gave final adoption to the FY 2026-27 HUD Consolidated Plan Budget totaling $30,460,978.92 under File 26-1987A. [3]
Dallas committed over $1.5B in Q1 2026 anchored by a $984M convention center rebuild, a $211M DART mobility agreement, and $88.9M in affordable housing bonds, while procurement anomalies and overlapping accountability investigations raised governance concerns across multiple bodies.
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.
Dallas committed over $394M in March 2026 — anchored by a $211M DART transit agreement, a $56M Wings practice facility grant from the Convention Center Fund, and $88.9M in affordable housing bond authority — while City Council overrode staff and planning commission recommendations four times in a single session and a special audit of former members emerged alongside a redacted auditor appointment.
Dallas approved a $717.5 million guaranteed maximum price for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center expansion — pushing total construction management commitments to $984.4 million and triggering active demolition — while advancing eight affordable housing resolutions and more than $145 million in transportation and public safety contracts in February 2026.
Dallas committed more than $51.8 million across infrastructure, public safety, and community investments in January 2026, while a cluster of City Council remands stalled more than $21 million in housing and surveillance decisions pending further committee review.
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2025
156 meetings · $38.3BDallas authorized an estimated $38.3 billion in cumulative financial commitments during 2025, anchored by a $5.5 billion FY2025-26 budget, a $5 billion Southwest Airlines Love Field lease, and record affordable housing bond issuance, even as the unexplained discharge and yearlong vacancy of Inspector General Timothy J. Menke, escalating procurement irregularities, and unexplained zoning reversals defined a persistent governance credibility crisis.
Dallas committed $1.49 billion across Q4 2025, anchored by a $267.5 million cumulative Axon cooperative contract, $118 million in affordable housing bonds, a $103 million downtown TIF agreement, and a near-doubled Woodall Rodgers Deck Plaza budget, while City Council replaced both equity governance frameworks in a single December session, advanced nine-match FIFA World Cup 2026 infrastructure, and generated a sustained pattern of unexplained zoning reversals and contract rejections.
Dallas adopted a $5.5 billion FY2025-26 budget and set a $0.6997 property tax rate while state-law housing preemption amendments created a non-discretionary multifamily permit pathway citywide and the unexplained discharge of Inspector General Timothy J. Menke — followed by an unresolved interim appointment — defined a quarter of sweeping financial commitments and sustained governance opacity.
Dallas committed more than $10 billion across Q2 2025, anchored by a $5 billion Southwest Airlines gate lease, a $3.3 billion budget amendment, and $259 million in Convention Center expansion authority, while recurring procurement irregularities, redacted appointment terms, and unexplained agenda deletions defined the quarter's parallel governance story.
Dallas authorized more than $7.2 billion in financial commitments during Q1 2025 — anchored by DFW Airport bond actions, a five-instrument affordable housing push advancing more than 1,200 units, and a FIFA World Cup 2026 International Broadcast Centre hosting agreement — while appointing a new city manager, mandating accelerated police hiring, and leaving a citywide parking code overhaul stalled after five consecutive City Plan Commission cycles.
Dallas committed $649M in December 2025, led by a $267.5M cumulative Axon public safety contract and a near-doubled Woodall Rodgers Deck Plaza budget, as City Council replaced both equity frameworks in a single session.
Dallas City Council committed more than $500 million to affordable housing bonds, transportation infrastructure, and economic development in November 2025 while generating procedural controversy through unexplained overrides of unified staff and City Plan Commission recommendations on zoning and a homeless youth housing contract. A December 10 HUD Consolidated Plan vote, the ongoing Inspector General search, and FIFA World Cup 2026 infrastructure planning set the agenda for the months ahead.