Q2 2026 Report
68 meetings · 50 committees · $10.1B financial · 72 important findings
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Executive Summary
City Summary — Q2 2026
The City Council approved as amended item #54 (26-1718A), a FY2025-26 budget amendment authorizing transfers and appropriation adjustments not to exceed $5,825,626,725. [3]City Council — Jun 24
Financial Highlights
The City Council approved as amended item #54 (26-1718A), a FY2025-26 budget amendment authorizing transfers and appropriation adjustments not to exceed $5,825,626,725, funded by General Fund ($1,963,272,641), Enterprise/Internal Service/Other Funds ($1,854,041,648), Grants/Trust/Other Funds ($271,888,087), and Capital Funds ($1,736,424,349). [3]City Council — Jun 24
Development & Land Use
The TIF development agreement (file 26-1644A, item #21) was approved 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. [23]City Council — May 27
Contracts & Procurement
Among the four Love Field Expansion Airport Program (LEAP) professional services contracts approved as items #15, #16, #17, and #18, the program management contract went to HNTB Corporation for $67,079,040.81 over a 4-year term plus one 3-year renewal. [23]City Council — May 27
Community Impact
The Trinity Forest Spine Trail Phase II contract (file 26-1455A) was awarded to A&C Construction, Inc. as lowest responsible bidder of four for up to $16,091,599.50, drawing from the 2017 Bond Fund — Park and Recreation Facilities (B) ($12,317,114.79), the Capital Gifts, Donation & Development Fund ($3,217,156.46, with a corresponding appropriations increase authorized), and the Parkland Dedication Program Fund ($557,328.25). [23]City Council — May 27
Key Decisions
Item #90 (File 26-2174A), a proposal that would have restored the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas to its original height to accommodate Jefferson and Houston Viaduct clearance at an estimated $271.3 million in foregone revenue over five years plus $597 million in construction costs, was denied. [3]City Council — Jun 24
Governance & Oversight
On June 24, 2026, the City Council approved an amendment to the City Plan Commission's Rules of Procedure (File 26-2140A) that updates the process for distributing written communications on subdivision matters, renames the Comprehensive Land Use Committee to the Plans Advisory Committee, and updates membership requirements and roles for the Plans Advisory Committee and the Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee, after the item had been deferred on June 10, 2026. [3]City Council — Jun 24
Infrastructure & Facilities
Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the CMAR Agreement with Archer Western Construction, LLC LLC for the Elm Fork Water Treatment Plant Water Quality Improvements Program Improvement Component No. 1 (File 26-113A), accepting a Guaranteed Maximum Price of $90M including $1,202,500 CMAR contingency and $1,790,500 Owner's contingency and raising the total contract from $4,087,120 to $94,087,120, was approved as an individual item. [55]City Council — Apr 8
Public Safety
The City Council approved as an individual item a $28,242,272 sole-source 9-1-1 system contract with AT&T Enterprises, LLC LLC (File 26-1040A) covering a five-year base term with three one-year renewal options for Vesta Next Cloud, Rapid Deploy, Vesta Support, NICE, and Text to 9-1-1, financed from the 911 System Operations Fund. [55]City Council — Apr 8
Housing
Item #12 authorized up to $75,000,000.00 in tax-exempt multifamily mortgage revenue bonds through the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation for Fairfield Affordable Housing Fund Tranche XV LLC to build Hall Street Apartments at 1823 North Hall Street (File 26-1904A, Approved). [3]City Council — Jun 24
Transportation
Council approved DFW Airport bond ordinance Item 37 (File 26-1031A), which authorized up to $3B in new DFW Joint Revenue Bonds for June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027, expanded the Series I commercial paper program from $750M to $1.5B and Series II from $600M to $1B, and authorized refunding of outstanding commercial paper. [55]City Council — Apr 8
Environment
A & Associates, Inc. received a three-year service price agreement for temporary sanitation field labor, estimated at $66.3M as the most advantageous of ten proposers (File 26-1709A), funded through the Sanitation Operation Fund. [23]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. [23]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. [23]City Council — May 27
Zoning
Item 22 (DCA256-007/DCA256-004, File 26-2033A), amending Section 51A-13.306 of the Dallas City Code to reclassify 'tattoo and body piercing' from a prohibited to a permitted personal service use in form-based zoning districts citywide, carried 8-1 at the City Plan Commission with Carpenter voting against. [14]City Plan Commission — Jun 11
Subdivisions
Item 19 (file 26-1573A, PLAT-26-000103) was the largest plat by area on the May 7, 2026 City Plan Commission docket, replatting 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 for TC Cedar-ALT Distribution Center LLC in Council District 8. [36]City Plan Commission — May 7
Historic Preservation
Case Z-26-000030 (file 26-1638A, Z7) established a historic overlay for The Wesley Inn at 1159 North Madison Avenue, on the south line of North Madison Avenue west of Ballard Avenue, within Planned Development District No. 830, Subdistrict 1 (Bishop Avenue). [23]City Council — May 27
Insights by Role
Resident
Residents in the Campbell Green area should plan for construction activity, since 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). [23]City Council — May 27
Residents seeking rental or mortgage help should note that Council approved as amended Reprogramming Budget No. 2 (Substantial Amendment No. 2) to the FY 2025-26 Action Plan (File 26-1248A, PH3), which redirects $2,566,661 in unspent prior-year Community Development Block Grant funds to public improvement projects and $450,000 in unspent CARES Act CDBG-COVID funds to the emergency rental and mortgage assistance program. [55]City Council — Apr 8
Developer
Developers pursuing mixed-income projects should study the Chapter 380 structure used in Item 7 (file 26-1226A), which was approved as an individual item and authorizes a Chapter 380 agreement with Meadow Sycamore, LP (a Texas limited partnership) and/or affiliates for up to $13,500,000 in grant consideration for The Meadow Project at 8130 Meadow Road. [43]City Council — Apr 22
Developers evaluating TIF-supported sites should review the agreement approved as an individual item under file 26-1644A, item #21, 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. [23]City Council — May 27
Contractor
Paving contractors should track the Infrastructure Management Plan pipeline, as Viking Construction LLC was awarded the 2026 Slurry Seal and Polymer Modified Micro-Surfacing contract ($20.4M, lowest of four bidders, File 26-1140A) for citywide pavement maintenance under the Infrastructure Management Plan. [23]City Council — May 27
Controls and instrumentation firms should prepare earlier for utility solicitations given 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). [33]City Council — May 13
Lobbyist
Lobbyists should re-map their commission engagement strategy to the amendment the City Council approved on June 24, 2026 to the City Plan Commission's Rules of Procedure (File 26-2140A), which updates the process for distributing written communications on subdivision matters, renames the Comprehensive Land Use Committee to the Plans Advisory Committee, and updates membership requirements and roles for the Plans Advisory Committee and the Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee, after the item had been deferred on June 10, 2026. [3]City Council — Jun 24
Lobbyists advising clients on denied zoning cases should weigh the reconsideration route shown by Z18 (File 26-1926A, Z-25-000151), a Specific Use Permit for an open-enrollment charter school on Harry Hines Boulevard that had been denied April 8, 2026 and was approved for a ten-year period per CPC recommendation on June 24, 2026 after Council voted to reconsider on May 27, 2026. [3]City Council — Jun 24
Journalist
Journalists should pursue the fiscal framing of the denial of item #90 (26-2174A), a proposal to raise the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center back to its original height to accommodate Jefferson and Houston Viaduct travel, which carried an estimated $271,300,000 in revenue foregone from the Convention and Event Services Fund over five years plus $597,000,000 in additional construction costs. [3]City Council — Jun 24
Journalists covering city ethics enforcement should request the settlement terms by which 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. [23]City Council — May 27
Charts & Data
Largest Financial Items
Most Mentioned Entities
| Entity | Type | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Planning and Development | Department | 368 |
| City Manager's Office | Department | 164 |
| ForwardDallas | Project | 107 |
| Sharmila Shrestha | Person | 65 |
| Office of Procurement Services | Department | 50 |
| Office of Housing and Community Empowerment | Department | 48 |
| City of Dallas Department of Transportation and Public Works | Department | 44 |
| Dallas Water Utilities Department | Department | 43 |
| City Attorney's Office | Department | 40 |
| Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization | Department | 38 |
Meetings by Committee
Source Events(68)
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