Cara Mendelsohn
There was plenty of municipal business going on at Dallas City Hall this past week, even for a shortened four-day schedule. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, Memorial Day weekend caused a little bit of a splash when a busted toilet flush valve caused some flooding on a few floors at 1500 Marilla St. Some meetings…
With a 14-1 majority, Dallas City Council members voted to reduce or abolish parking minimums across multiple development types on Wednesday, finally putting parking reform to bed after staff began the effort almost six years ago. Only Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12) voted against the ordinance, even though others had concerns about the potential…
Perhaps one of the spiciest debates of late among Dallas City Council members occurred Wednesday as residents of Southeast Oak Cliff’s Floral Farms — where “Shingle Mountain” once stood — were finally granted a rezoning that will prohibit new heavy industrial uses on a large tract of primarily undeveloped land near their homes. Referred to…
A survey of more than 2,000 Dallas residents showed that infrastructure maintenance is the No. 1 priority in almost every geographic district of the city, with public safety closely following at No. 2. Traffic management, social services, and code enforcement also ranked high, and about 52% of respondents said access to affordable, quality housing should…
No one was surprised this week when the Dallas City Council hired Kimberly Bizor Tolbert as the city manager. She’s already been on the job as interim for 11 months and has an impressive decades-long career in Dallas under her belt. She was widely supported by city staff and local business leaders. But there were…
