August 2026 Report

City Council approved a five-year sole-source contract with LeadsOnline LLC, LLC, not to exceed $3,204,612.78, for Dallas Police Department pawned and second-hand property records and investigative software services (File 26-1702A). [2]City Council — Aug 25 City Council approved a $13,684,762 Trinity Forest Spine Trail Phase V advance funding agreement with the Federal Highway Administration through TxDOT (File 26-2562A). [2]City Council — Aug 25 City Council approved up to $125,000,000 in Drainage Utility System Commercial Paper Notes, Series A, for interim financing of eligible project costs and refunding related obligations (File 26-1890A). [2]City Council — Aug 25 File 26-2580A for the Red Bird Public Improvement District was approved with estimated actual assessment collections not to exceed $335,127. [2]City Council — Aug 25 File 26-2582A approved the University Crossing Public Improvement District’s final 2027 Service Plan, final 2026 Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll, and a 2027 notice of obligation, with estimated actual assessment collections not to exceed $1,278,723. [2]City Council — Aug 25 File 26-2583A approved the Uptown Public Improvement District’s final 2027 Service Plan, final 2026 Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll, levy, and service-plan amendments, with estimated actual assessment collections not to exceed $4,290,157. [2]City Council — Aug 25 Item E, file 26-2681A, proposed acceptance of up to $1,300,000 from Dallas County for Bridge Steps services at The Bridge. [4]Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — Aug 24 Item F, file 26-2682A, proposed acceptance of up to $889,048 from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, including $677,635 for the FY 2027 Homeless Housing and Services Program General Allocation and $211,413 for the Youth Homeless Set-Aside. [4]Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — Aug 24 Item K, file 26-2684A, proposed Supplemental Agreement No. 2 for emergency shelter services up to $686,740. [4]Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — Aug 24 Item #12, File 26-2267A, was approved to accept up to $24,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration Airport Infrastructure Grant Fund for Dallas Love Field. [10]City Council — Aug 12 Item #62 approved a three-year, $16,994,750 auto body and collision-repair service price agreement for Equipment and Fleet Management and Dallas Fire-Rescue. [10]City Council — Aug 12 Item #63, File 26-2308A, was approved as an individual item for a five-year $2,750,071.90 package of fitness-equipment maintenance, repair, and purchase agreements. [10]City Council — Aug 12 File 26-2606A proposed Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with Swinerton Builders for the Dallas Police Department Law Enforcement Training Center at a supplemental-agreement price of $29,032,022 and a CMAR contract total of $29,182,022. [12]Public Safety Committee — Aug 10 File 26-2607A proposed a five-year, $3,204,612.78 Dallas Police Department records-system and investigative-software service contract with LeadsOnline LLC, LLC. [12]Public Safety Committee — Aug 10 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 for the Community Park at Fair Park project. [16]Economic Development Committee — Aug 3

File 26-2707A approved the Dallas Public Facility Corporation's acquisition, development, and ownership of DNT Housing, a 350-unit workforce housing community at 18438 and 18470 Dallas Parkway. [2]City Council — Aug 25 Council approved File 26-2401A, authorizing a not-to-exceed $3,000,000 TIF development agreement with Fair Park First for the Community Park at Fair Park. [10]City Council — Aug 12 File 26-2530A (PLAT-26-000114) replatting a 2.046-acre tract between Beckley Avenue and Beatrice Street into three lots was carried 15 to 0. [13]City Plan Commission — Aug 6 Staff recommended approval of replacing 23 windows and constructing a rear horizontal addition at 3503 Meyers Street, subject to specified window, siding, foundation, and roofline conditions. [17]Landmark Commission — Aug 3 Staff recommended approval of an extension of the Certificate of Demolition previously granted July 15, 2025, for 2615 Park Row (COA-26-000338, file 26-2379A). [17]Landmark Commission — Aug 3 Staff recommended approval of a new main structure at 4704 Gaston Avenue (COA-26-000358, file 26-2422A) in accordance with drawings dated 8/3/2026. [17]Landmark Commission — Aug 3

City Council approved Nouveau Texas, LLC for a not-to-exceed $2,343,171.67 Wyly Theatre elevator repair and renovation contract (File 26-1677A). [2]City Council — Aug 25 City Council authorized METCO Engineering, Inc.'s Supplemental Agreement No. 1 for The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center, increasing the design-build contract ceiling by $1,442,767 to $1,882,893 (File 26-2262A). [2]City Council — Aug 25 City Council approved Department of Human Resources service contracts through June 23, 2029, with two one-year renewal options, following selection of the most advantageous proposers from twelve. [10]City Council — Aug 12

File 26-1988A approved a not-to-exceed $755,694 construction-services contract with Henneberger Construction, Inc. for playground replacements at Bent Tree Meadow Park and Frankford Park. [10]City Council — Aug 12 Council approved a tax increment financing development agreement with Fair Park First for the Community Park at Fair Park, including a TIF subsidy not to exceed $3,000,000 from the Deep Ellum TIF District Fund disbursed to the Dallas Foundation on behalf of Fair Park First. [10]City Council — Aug 12 Item #38 approved a three-year service contract from August 25, 2026 through August 24, 2029, with one two-year renewal option, for operational management of gymnastics, cheer, and/or tumbling programming at Walnut Hill Recreation Center. [2]City Council — Aug 25

Item #34, File 26-1890A, was corrected and approved, authorizing up to $125.0M in drainage commercial-paper notes. [2]City Council — Aug 25 Item #8 was deferred at $10,961,950.48. [10]City Council — Aug 12 File 26-2302A, concerning deliberation of an Interim City Auditor appointment, was not held. [6]Briefing — Aug 19

Council approved File 26-2402A to amend Chapter 2, Article XXX, of the Dallas City Code to sunset the College Advisory Commission. [2]City Council — Aug 25 The Mayor and City Council Office’s File 26-2301A appointing an unnamed Interim City Auditor effective August 19, 2026 until selection and appointment of a City Auditor was approved and financed through the General Fund. [6]Briefing — Aug 19 For the November 3, 2026 special election, Council approved File 26-2716A for a joint elections agreement and election-services contract with Dallas County and other jurisdictions for $1,616,907.58, election notices and advertising services for $200,000, and a City Secretary’s Office appropriation increase not to exceed $1,816,908 from the General Fund Contingency Reserve. [2]City Council — Aug 25 City Council approved as amended File 26-2590A, ordering a November 3, 2026 special election on bond-issuance propositions. [10]City Council — Aug 12 City Council authorized up to $30,000.00 from the Liability Reserve Fund to settle Gilberto Sanchez-Ramirez v. City of Dallas, Cause No. DC-25-02311 (File 26-2383A). [10]City Council — Aug 12 The City Plan Commission carried 15-0 the request to rename Houston Street Bridge (Houston Street Viaduct) as “Pettis Norman Bridge” (STNAME-26-000005; file 26-2543A). [13]City Plan Commission — Aug 6

The Council approved a not-to-exceed $89,900,308 contract with S.J. Louis Construction of Texas, LTD, Ltd. for Phase 1A of the Southwest Water Transmission Pipeline Project. [2]City Council — Aug 25 Muniz Construction, Inc. was approved for a not-to-exceed $23,480,220 contract to install and rehabilitate water and wastewater mains at seven locations (file 26-2632A). [2]City Council — Aug 25 Dallas Water Utilities received approval for a not-to-exceed $31,998,300 construction contract with Walsh Construction Company II, LLC dba Archer Western for the Iron Bridge Pump Station Rehabilitation Project at 4777 County Road 3706 in Wills Point. [2]City Council — Aug 25

The Council approved a $10,000,000 application to the Texas Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division for Grant No. 4922902 for the Dallas Police Department Law Enforcement Training Center at the University of North Texas at Dallas. [2]City Council — Aug 25 Council approved a $300,000 CD-Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act grant administered through the Texas Office of the Governor Criminal Justice Division to improve forensic-evidence processing and reduce the non-DNA evidence backlog under file 26-2253A. [10]City Council — Aug 12 Council approved Supplemental Agreement No. 1 with Swinerton Builders for the Dallas Police Department Law Enforcement Training Center under File 26-2291A, with the supplemental agreement not to exceed $29,032,022. [10]City Council — Aug 12

Item 6 approved acceptance and appropriation of a Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs grant of up to $889,048 for FY 2027 Homeless Housing and Services Program services, including a $677,635 general allocation and a $211,413 youth homeless set-aside. [2]City Council — Aug 25 Item 7 approved an interlocal agreement with Dallas County accepting up to $1,300,000 for Bridge Steps to provide homeless assistance services at The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. [2]City Council — Aug 25 Item #46 approved the Dallas Public Facility Corporation’s authority to acquire, develop, and own DNT Housing, a 350-unit workforce housing community at 18438 and 18470 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75287. [2]City Council — Aug 25

City Council approved File 26-2562A, a $13,684,762 Advance Funding Agreement with the Federal Highway Administration through TxDOT for Trinity Forest Spine Trail Phase V (CSJ 0918-47-578). [2]City Council — Aug 25 City Council approved acceptance of a $24,000,000 FAA Airport Infrastructure Grant Fund grant for Dallas Love Field in File 26-2267A. [10]City Council — Aug 12 City Council approved acceptance of a $21,800,000 U.S. Department of Transportation FY2023 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant for a complete street on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and pedestrian amenities in a Cedar Crest Boulevard bridge retrofit. [10]City Council — Aug 12

City Council approved File 26-2399A authorizing the Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability to accept a $250,000 supplemental EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant, increasing the grant fund from $1,000,000 to $1,250,000. [10]City Council — Aug 12 Item #32 approved acceptance, appropriation, receipt, and deposit of up to $203,085.72 for the TCEQ 26-28 Dallas PM 2.5 Air Monitoring Grant Fund. [2]City Council — Aug 25 City Council approved File 26-2175A adding to the agreement with Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC LLC to continue participation in the 2026 Oncor Commercial Standard Offer and Commercial Solar Programs. [2]City Council — Aug 25

Item #F (File 26-2429A), “Potential Development Code Updates in Response to the 2026 Dallas ISD Bond Program,” was scheduled as a briefing memorandum associated with Emily Liu, Director, Planning and Development. [16]Economic Development Committee — Aug 3 Item #G (File 26-2433A) was scheduled as an overview of EV parking space charging infrastructure requirements, peer-city requirements analysis, and potential amendments to Dallas's EV parking space requirements, requested by Emily Liu, Planning and Development. [16]Economic Development Committee — Aug 3

File 26-1955A (Z-25-000224), proposing a planned development district at Walnut Hill Lane and Betty Jane Lane east of Marsh Lane, was deferred with the hearing open. [2]City Council — Aug 25 File 26-2520A (Z-26-000082) approved an exchange of CR Community Retail and A(A) Agricultural zoning at Ravenview Road and S. Beltline Road. [13]City Plan Commission — Aug 6 The Council approved amendments to Dallas City Code Section 51A-13.306 in File 26-2299A (DCA 256-007(MW)) to list tattoo and body piercing as permitted personal service uses rather than prohibited personal service uses in form-based zoning districts. [10]City Council — Aug 12

City Council approved a ten-year historic-preservation tax exemption on added land and structure value at 5020 Swiss Avenue in the Swiss Avenue Historic District. [2]City Council — Aug 25 City Council approved Z11's requested private accessory community-center use in Planned Development District No. 388, Tract 1, with the H60 Tenth Street Historic District Overlay. [10]City Council — Aug 12