Chad West
And so it begins. The Dallas City Council got a first look at the process of preparing the 2024-25 and 2025-26 biennial budget on Wednesday and was advised of a looming $38 million shortfall. Interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert introduced the May 15 budget briefing. “As a result of revenue limits and increased expense…
District 1 residents asked for bond funds to go toward home repair and displacement mitigation programs — and that didn’t happen. The Oak Cliff Gateway Tax Increment Financing Board swooped in last week with a plan that sounds like a win-win: use TIF funds for those programs. The Oak Cliff Gateway TIF was created in…
South Winnetka Heights just became the first Dallas conservation district to be approved in more than 13 years. South Winnetka Heights resident Michael Evans, along with several of his neighbors, spent about three years working with city staff on the proposal that will protect their historic neighborhood from McMansions and incompatible architecture. The newly minted…
An old court building, a pair of libraries, an auto pound, and an airport are among the city-owned properties that could be developed or redeveloped pending appraisals and investor interest, officials said Wednesday during a brief meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Government Performance and Financial Management Committee. The properties under review, according to an…
A five-signature memorandum requesting the Dallas City Council discuss density options and minimum lot size is no longer a five-signature memorandum. In an email to Mayor Eric Johnson obtained by CandysDirt.com late Wednesday, District 9 Councilwoman Paula Blackmon and District 11 Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz withdrew their names from District 1 Councilman Chad West’s Nov. 8…
