May 2026 Report
22 meetings · 44 committees · $336.1M financial · 28 important findings
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Executive Summary
City Summary — May 2026
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]City Council — May 27 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]City Council — May 27
Financial Highlights
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]City Council — May 27 The City Council approved item #38 as an individual item, a $66,324,838.08 three-year sanitation field labor service price agreement with A & Associates, Inc. funded from the Sanitation Operation Fund (26-1709A). [1]City Council — May 27 The City Council approved item #21 as an individual item, a $29,000,000 TIF subsidy to Mockingbird Owner LP for the Oak Park Mixed-Use and Mixed-Income Project at 1545 W Mockingbird Lane, payable from the Maple/Mockingbird TIF District Fund (26-1644A). [1]City Council — May 27
Development & Land Use
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]City Council — May 27 The land conveyance to Veterans Community Project (file 26-1665A, item #20) authorized a Chapter 380 economic development agreement and transfer in fee simple of approximately 7.33 acres of city-owned property west of South Lancaster Road, south of Mentor Avenue, and east of Denley Drive. [1]City Council — May 27 For the FM01 Five Mile Creek Interceptor, Item 17 (26-1341A) authorized acquisition of an access easement of approximately 137,523 square feet and a wastewater easement of approximately 48,314 square feet from Flowerdale, LLC near Stag Road and Haas Drive, not to exceed $97,747.00 including up to $2,272.00 in closing costs, funded from the Wastewater Construction Fund. [11]City Council — May 13
Contracts & Procurement
Housing Forward was awarded a 7-month sole-source contract for $676,455 for outreach services for persons experiencing homelessness in encampments under the Real Time Rehousing Project (#10, 26-1339A), approved as an individual item. [1]City Council — May 27 VEOCI INC. received a $144,696.52 sole-source supplemental to extend airport safety and work-order management system maintenance through April 13, 2027 (#43, 26-1597A), which was approved. [1]City Council — May 27 Item #27 (file 26-1378A) authorized a five-year sewer coupling purchasing agreement with Plano Plumbing Supplies Inc. ($300K), Core & Main LP ($35K), and Ferguson US Holdings, Inc Inc. dba Ferguson Enterprises, LLC LLC ($15K) as lowest responsible bidders of five, totaling $350K from the Dallas Water Utilities Fund, and was approved after a correction to the agreement. [11]City Council — May 13
Community Impact
The City Council awarded the Trinity Forest Spine Trail Phase II contract (file 26-1455A) to A&C Construction, Inc. as lowest responsible bidder of four for up to $16,091,599.50, drawing $12,317,114.79 from the 2017 Bond Fund — Park and Recreation Facilities (B), $3,217,156.46 from the Capital Gifts, Donation & Development Fund with a corresponding appropriations increase authorized, and $557,328.25 from the Parkland Dedication Program Fund. [1]City Council — May 27 The Campbell Green Recreation Center Renovation and Expansion at 16600 Park Hill Drive (file 26-1489A) was awarded to JC Commercial, Inc. as best value proposer of twelve for up to $6,581,875, funded from the 2024 General Obligation Bond Fund (Park and Recreation Facilities (B) Fund). [1]City Council — May 27 A supplemental agreement increasing MEP Consulting Engineers, Inc.'s contract by $120,000, from $48,200 to $168,200, for additional architectural and engineering services for the Bachman Recreation Center indoor pool mechanical replacement at 2750 Bachman Drive (file 26-1454A) was deferred. [1]City Council — May 27
Key Decisions
On May 27, 2026, the City Council denied without prejudice Z-26-000025 (#Z10, 26-1809A), the removal of Shop Front Overlay SH-6 on WMU-5 property at the west corner of East 8th Street and Lansing Street within the Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District. [1]City Council — May 27 Item #38, a $66,324,838.08 sanitation temporary labor contract with A & Associates, Inc. (26-1709A), was approved as an individual item. [1]City Council — May 27 At the May 21, 2026 City Plan Commission meeting, item 11 (Z-25-000224), sought by Mehrdad Moayedi through CECH Walnut Lane, LLC for property on Walnut Hill Lane at Betty Jane Lane, carried 10 to 3 with Commissioners Hampton, Kocks, and Coffman voting against. [4]City Plan Commission — May 21
Governance & Oversight
The Office of the Inspector General resolved ethics charge E26-001 (file 26-1538A) against Sam Staggs, former Municipal Library Board Member, approving a final sanction per settlement agreement. [1]City Council — May 27 On May 6, 2026, board and commission appointments under File 26-1048A from the City Secretary's Office were approved, with full Council and officer appointments made across multiple boards. [15]Briefing — May 6 The City Plan Commission voted 10-2 to approve the replat application PLAT-26-000068 (File 26-1580A) for a 0.275-acre tract at Knight Street northeast of Harry Hines Boulevard, with commissioners Sims and Herbert voting against and Commissioner Kingston recusing due to a declared conflict of interest. [14]City Plan Commission — May 7
Infrastructure & Facilities
A three-year SCADA system support contract (File 26-1380A) was awarded to PRIME CONTROLS, LP LP as the sole proposer at $17,516,400, split between the Stormwater Drainage Management Fund ($9,941,100) and the Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($7,575,300), and approved as an individual item. [11]City Council — May 13 A&C Construction, Inc. was awarded the Trinity Forest Spine Trail Phase II construction contract for $16.1M as the lowest of four bidders (File 26-1455A), extending a 12-foot-wide trail from Samuell Boulevard to Lawnview Park. [1]City Council — May 27 Council approved an ordinance denying the rate increase requested by Atmos Energy Corp. Mid-Tex Division under its January 15, 2026 Dallas Annual Rate Review filing and set rates per the City Manager's recommendation (File 26-1643A, Approved as an Individual Item). [1]City Council — May 27
Public Safety
The Office of Housing and Community Empowerment's subrecipient agreement with Lone Star Justice Alliance to administer the Youth Safety Violence Interrupters Program (File 26-427A, Corrected) was approved as an Individual Item at not to exceed $300K for the initial year with a one-year renewal option at the same ceiling, funded through FY 2025-26 Community Development Block Grant funds. [1]City Council — May 27 On May 27, 2026, Council appointed 10 full-time and 16 associate municipal judges for a two-year term ending May 31, 2028, designated an administrative municipal judge, and established annual salaries by ordinance (File 26-1691A). [1]City Council — May 27 A two-year cooperative purchasing agreement with Federal Engineering, Inc. Inc. (File 26-1293A, via GSA Advantage) for CAD/RMS replacement project management and implementation was authorized at not to exceed $998,929, with one six-month renewal option, funded from the General Fund subject to annual appropriations. [11]City Council — May 13
Housing
The City Council approved as an individual item a $29 million TIF development agreement (file 26-1644A) with Mockingbird Owner LP for the Oak Park Mixed-Use and Mixed-Income Project on approximately 5.9 acres at 1545 West Mockingbird Lane, payable from the Maple/Mockingbird TIF District Fund. [1]City Council — May 27 An $800,000 CDBG Reprogramming No. 2 facility rehabilitation forgivable loan to First Presbyterian Church of Dallas dba The Stewpot (file 26-1630A) for 1610 South Malcolm X Boulevard, which provides medical, dental, and psychiatric services to people experiencing homelessness, was approved as an individual item. [1]City Council — May 27 A seven-month sole-source contract with Housing Forward (file 26-1339A) for $676,455 for encampment outreach under the Real Time Rehousing Project was approved as an individual item. [1]City Council — May 27
Transportation
Viking Construction LLC was awarded the 2026 Slurry Seal and Polymer Modified Micro-Surfacing contract for citywide pavement maintenance under the Infrastructure Management Plan at $20.4M as the lowest of four bidders (File 26-1140A). [1]City Council — May 27 The Council authorized payment to TxDOT of $180,508 (File 26-1466A, Agreement No. CSJ 6488-47-001) for installation of thirteen street signs converting signage from Lamar Street to Botham Jean Boulevard along IH-45, SH-310, and US-175. [11]City Council — May 13 The Council rescinded the Group 3 lane striping award to ABH Pros LLP (Resolution 25-1888) and approved Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to Elite Striping, LLC LLC dba Action Services (File 26-1382A), adding $3,366,319 and bringing Elite Striping, LLC's total to $7,795,087.50 as the second-lowest of four bidders. [11]City Council — May 13
Environment
SCS Engineers (Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt Consulting Engineers, including SCS Field Services) secured a five-year environmental monitoring and engineering consulting contract at a total estimated value of $4.2M including two one-year renewal options, selected as most advantageous of seven proposers under File 26-1541A. [1]City Council — May 27 Striker Outfitters LLC won a five-year feral hog control and abatement services contract for $2.2M as most advantageous of seven proposers under File 26-1601A, with costs distributed across the General Fund ($339,917), Stormwater Drainage Management Fund ($843,792), Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($843,792), and Sanitation Operation Fund ($200,000). [1]City Council — May 27 An amendment to Universal Recycling Technologies LLC's e-waste recycling agreement (File 26-1211A) converted the arrangement from a service contract to a service price agreement, added two one-year renewal options, and authorized $55K in disbursements from the Sanitation Operation Fund, revising Resolution No. 26-0239 originally approved January 14, 2026. [1]City Council — May 27
Personnel & Labor
The City Council approved an ordinance (file 26-1691A) appointing 10 full-time municipal judges and 16 associate (part-time) municipal judges to the City of Dallas municipal court of record for a two-year term ending May 31, 2028, designating an administrative municipal judge and establishing annual salaries for all tiers. [1]City Council — May 27 DART Board of Directors Positions 01 and 02 for the 2026–2028 Board Term (file 26-1823A) were filled with nominees on file in the City Secretary's Office. [1]City Council — May 27 City board and commission appointments under file 26-1629A were made as individual and full council appointments, with the nominee list on file in the City Secretary's Office. [1]City Council — May 27
Planning
DCA 256-001(MW) (file 26-1631A, PH2), which amended the Dallas City Code to eliminate the 'Commercial Wedding Chapel' land use classification and create regulations for a new 'Reception Facility' use with changes to Sections 51-4.208, 51-4.210, and 51A-4.210, was approved as amended at the May 27, 2026 public hearing. [1]City Council — May 27 Item 9 (26-1516A), authorizing a public hearing on May 27, 2026 to consider expanding the Maple/Mockingbird Tax Increment Financing District (Zone 18) by approximately 9.3 acres with corresponding modifications to the zone boundary and financing plan, was approved as an individual item. [11]City Council — May 13 PH1 (26-1472A), which proposed amending Dallas City Code Sections 51-4.208, 51-4.210, and 51A-4.210 to remove the Commercial Wedding Chapel land use and create a new Reception Facility category with approval recommendations from staff, ZOAC, and CPC, was deleted from the May 13, 2026 agenda. [11]City Council — May 13
Zoning
On May 27, 2026, the City Council corrected and approved as amended Z12 (file 26-1515A, case Z-25-000184), an amendment to SUP No. 2180 for an open-enrollment charter school at the northwest corner of East R.L. Thornton Freeway and Ferguson Road in the RR Regional Retail District. [1]City Council — May 27 The City Council denied without prejudice Z10 (file 26-1809A, case Z-26-000025), a request to remove Shop Front Overlay SH-6 on WMU-5 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict D property within PD No. 468, Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District, at the west corner of East 8th Street and Lansing Street. [1]City Council — May 27 At its May 13, 2026 meeting, the City Council followed the City Plan Commission recommendation and denied without prejudice Z13 (26-1373A, Z-25-000191), which sought CR Community Retail zoning on NS(A) Neighborhood Service property at East Illinois Avenue west of Mayforge Drive. [11]City Council — May 13
Subdivisions
Item 26 (file 26-1580A, PLAT-26-000068), Kavyan Corporation's request to replat a 0.275-acre (12,000-square-foot) Common Area within City Block 28/2280 on Knight Street northeast of Harry Hines Boulevard into three 0.092-acre (4,000-square-foot) lots in Council District 2, was carried by the Commission on a 10-2 vote with Commissioners Sims and Herbert opposed. [14]City Plan Commission — May 7 Item 19 (file 26-1573A, PLAT-26-000103) replatted 110.714 acres on Van Horn Drive at the terminus of Altamorre Drive into four lots ranging from 11.278 to 60.740 acres within LI/PD 980 zoning in Council District 8 for TC Cedar-ALT Distribution Center LLC, surveyed by Hal Associates Inc. [14]City Plan Commission — May 7 PLAT-26-000092, filed April 23, 2026 by applicant Benjamin Portillo, splits a 12.432-acre tract on South Beltline Road into a 5.014-acre lot and a 7.419-acre lot in District 8, with Planner Sharmila Shrestha assigned. [4]City Plan Commission — May 21
Historic Preservation
Case Z-26-000030 (file 26-1638A, Z7) concerned a historic overlay for The Wesley Inn at 1159 North Madison Avenue within Planned Development District No. 830, Subdistrict 1 (Bishop Avenue), and the Landmark Commission, staff, and the City Plan Commission all recommended approval. [1]City Council — May 27 Staff recommended approval of Certificate of Eligibility requests for a 10-year, 100 percent tax exemption at 725 Lowell Street (File 26-1533A, applicant Andrew Simpson, $530,000 in rehabilitation expenditures) and at 722 Nesbitt Drive (File 26-1534A, applicants Joshua and Kelly Harris, $164,965), both in the Junius Heights Historic District. [18]Landmark Commission — May 4 On a metal fence replacement at 10260 Strait Lane (File 26-1531A, applicant Sharif Sardar), staff recommended approval with conditions while the task force recommended denial without prejudice. [18]Landmark Commission — May 4
Insights by Role
Developer
Developers evaluating the Maple/Mockingbird corridor should note that Item 9 (26-1516A), authorizing a public hearing on May 27, 2026 to consider expanding the Maple/Mockingbird Tax Increment Financing District (Zone 18) by approximately 9.3 acres with corresponding modifications to the zone boundary and financing plan, was approved as an individual item. [11]City Council — May 13
Teams structuring mixed-income projects should study the May 27, 2026 approval of 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]City Council — May 27
Contractor
Contractors bidding water and drainage work should note that a three-year SCADA system support contract (File 26-1380A) was awarded to PRIME CONTROLS, LP LP as the sole proposer at $17,516,400, split between the Stormwater Drainage Management Fund ($9,941,100) and the Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($7,575,300), and approved as an individual item. [11]City Council — May 13
Suppliers should track multi-vendor award structures such as Item #27 (file 26-1378A), which authorized a five-year sewer coupling purchasing agreement with Plano Plumbing Supplies Inc. ($300K), Core & Main LP ($35K), and Ferguson US Holdings, Inc Inc. dba Ferguson Enterprises, LLC LLC ($15K) as lowest responsible bidders of five, totaling $350K from the Dallas Water Utilities Fund, and was approved after a correction to the agreement. [11]City Council — May 13
Resident
Residents concerned about utility bills should review that Council approved an ordinance denying the rate increase requested by Atmos Energy Corp. Mid-Tex Division under its January 15, 2026 Dallas Annual Rate Review filing and set rates per the City Manager's recommendation (File 26-1643A, Approved as an Individual Item). [1]City Council — May 27
Park users should follow the Campbell Green Recreation Center Renovation and Expansion at 16600 Park Hill Drive (file 26-1489A), awarded to JC Commercial, Inc. as best value proposer of twelve for up to $6,581,875, funded from the 2024 General Obligation Bond Fund (Park and Recreation Facilities (B) Fund). [1]City Council — May 27
Journalist
Reporters covering city ethics should follow up on the Office of the Inspector General's resolution of ethics charge E26-001 (file 26-1538A) against Sam Staggs, former Municipal Library Board Member, approving a final sanction per settlement agreement. [1]City Council — May 27
Coverage of contested land-use votes should include the May 21, 2026 City Plan Commission meeting item 11 (Z-25-000224), sought by Mehrdad Moayedi through CECH Walnut Lane, LLC for property on Walnut Hill Lane at Betty Jane Lane, which carried 10 to 3 with Commissioners Hampton, Kocks, and Coffman voting against. [4]City Plan Commission — May 21
Lobbyist
Advocates for TIF-supported projects should engage on Item 9 (26-1516A), authorizing a public hearing on May 27, 2026 to consider expanding the Maple/Mockingbird Tax Increment Financing District (Zone 18) by approximately 9.3 acres with corresponding modifications to the zone boundary and financing plan, which was approved as an individual item. [11]City Council — May 13
Energy-sector representatives should factor in that Council approved an ordinance denying the rate increase requested by Atmos Energy Corp. Mid-Tex Division under its January 15, 2026 Dallas Annual Rate Review filing and set rates per the City Manager's recommendation (File 26-1643A, Approved as an Individual Item). [1]City Council — May 27
Charts & Data
Largest Financial Items
Most Mentioned Entities
| Entity | Type | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Planning and Development | Department | 112 |
| City Manager's Office | Department | 59 |
| ForwardDallas | Project | 31 |
| Office of Procurement Services | Department | 17 |
| Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization | Department | 17 |
| Sharmila Shrestha | Person | 16 |
| Office of Housing and Community Empowerment | Department | 15 |
| Department of Aviation | Department | 14 |
| Office of Economic Development | Department | 13 |
| City of Dallas Department of Transportation and Public Works | Department | 13 |
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