Dallas

The Tredyffrin Township Board of Supervisors held a public meeting on December 2, 2024, to consider ordinance HR-484 establishing a new Public Arts Commission and ordinance HR-485 authorizing acquisition of a 0.777-acre parcel at 595 Park Ridge Drive through a PEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The meeting agenda included township business items such as approving proposals for the West Valley Road Storm and Sanitary Pipe Upgrade project, ratifying a Local Share Account grant application for Friendship Park upgrades, and approving escrow releases totaling approximately $700,521 for various development projects. The township also announced ongoing and upcoming infrastructure projects, including stormwater work at Strafford Park and Bair Road, and Contention Lane Bridge closures scheduled for January.

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Dallas Township Planning Commission held a meeting on April 9, 2024 at 7:00pm to review the proposed Wawa Food Market & Fueling Station development by Dallas Development Partner's, LLC at the intersection of Tunkhannock Highway (SR 309) and Upper Demunds Road (SR-1041) on a 5.9-acre lot. The project includes construction of approximately 6,049 square feet of convenience store and fueling station with 66 parking spaces, landscaping, lighting, utility services, and stormwater management facilities. The site, undeveloped for at least 50 years, would have access to Tunkhannock Highway via cross connection with Tractor Supply Co. and to Upper Demunds Road via a new three-quarter movement driveway. Engineer Thomas J. Doughton indicated the preliminary comments were standard and similar to the previous Tractor Supply project by the same engineering firm. The Planning Commission approved the March 12, 2024 meeting minutes and March 2024 Treasurer's Report by motion.

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This is an agenda for the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Public Facilities Improvement Corporation Board Meeting scheduled for January 4, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. at 2400 Aviation Drive, DFW Headquarters Building. The board will approve meeting minutes from July 31, 2023, and consider Contract No. 9500791 with JE Dunn Construction of Dallas, Texas, for design and construction of 19th Street Cargo Redevelopment with a not-to-exceed amount of $165,457,809 for a 669 calendar-day term, plus change orders not to exceed $1,884,337 in aggregate, totaling $167,342,146 in action amount. The meeting location is accessible, and interpretive service requests must be made 48 hours in advance by contacting Alicia Green at 972-973-4755 or through Texas Relay at 1-800-735-2989.

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The City Plan Commission Thoroughfare Committee held a regular meeting on December 7, 2023, at Dallas City Hall with Commissioner Darrell Herbert presiding. The Committee approved two thoroughfare plan amendments: the Harwood Street amendment to remove Harwood Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Al Lipsomb Way, carried 3–0 (with Grant and McGahan recused); and the Crown Road amendment to remove Crown Road between Newkirk Street and Farmers Branch City Limits, carried 5–0. The Committee also unanimously adopted the July 6, 2023, meeting minutes.

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Dallas County's FY2024 budget covers the fiscal year from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, and this Budget-in-Brief document summarizes the county's major financial and operational planning decisions. The document provides an overview of Dallas County's organizational structure, departmental budgets across categories including Justice Administration, Law Enforcement, Health and Social Services, and Parkland Hospital, along with revenue and expenditure trends. Dallas County's government structure consists of a Commissioners Court with one County Judge elected at large and four County Commissioners elected from districts, which sets the county tax rate, adopts the budget, and oversees county administration.

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The Tredyffrin Township Board of Supervisors held a public meeting on July 17, 2023, featuring a special presentation for Detective Sergeant Jim Slavin's promotion to Lieutenant and announcements regarding a joint fire/EMS study with Easttown Township scheduled for July 31, and infrastructure projects including the Chesterbrook Boulevard Leaning Wall Replacement Project running through the end of 2023. The board approved or motioned on several items including software and bridge repair proposals, trash and recycling service bids, updates to stormwater management fees, and advertising public hearings for four ordinances covering Verizon cable franchise, industrial pretreatment standards, woodland conservation, and subdivision/land development amendments.

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The Dallas County Historical Commission held a regular meeting on August 11, 2022, at the Dallas County Oak Cliff Government Center with nine of twelve members present. The Commission approved the June 9, 2022, meeting minutes unanimously and received reports from three committees. The Newsletter Committee finalized plans for the Chronicle publication with a standard four-page format and publication dates scheduled to coincide with DCHC meetings. The Marker Committee reported that all six applications submitted to the Texas Historical Commission were approved (Salem Institutional Baptist Church, Henry Keller, Fields Cemetery, Valle Family, Junior League of Dallas, and Elm Thicket/Northpark Neighborhood), and noted that the THC Undertold Marker application period will open October 1–November 15, 2022. The THC approved a price increase for historical markers beginning with the 2022 application period, and the previously stolen Aldredge House marker was returned with a waiver for standard mounting requirements.

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This agenda for the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors meeting on November 9, 2021 at 12:00 PM outlines four substantive action items. The board will consider and adopt resolutions to finance Meadowbrook Apartments, a multifamily residential development at 910 Beltline Road, and to consent to the transfer of The Positano (formerly Cherrycrest Villas Apartments) and authorize related financing documents for defeasance of Variable Rate Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds Series 2005. The meeting will include a briefing on a potential investment structure from Post Investment Group. Future agenda items include approval of the DHFC 2022 Budget in December 2021 and discussion of future affordable housing investments by the Corporation.

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This document certifies that for all contracts, agreements, and obligations on the Dallas City Council Briefing Agenda dated September 18, 2013, sufficient funds are available in the City treasury and are not appropriated for any other purpose, as required by Chapter XI, Section 9 of the City Charter. The certification was issued by Interim City Manager Edward Scott and City Controller. The document also provides general information that Dallas City Council briefing meetings are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month beginning at 9:00 a.m. in Council Chambers on the 6th floor of City Hall at 1500 Marilla, with broadcasts on WAR-FM (101.1 FM) and Time Warner City Cable Channel 16.

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