Dallas City Council

BREAKING: Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax Announces Resignation Effective June 3

By April Towery / February 21, 2024 /

In an email message to friends and colleagues Wednesday afternoon, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax announced his resignation, effective June 3.  We’re told by sources close to City Hall that an effort to remove the city manager was led by three council members and was supported by a majority. Deputy City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert…

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City Hall Roundup: U.S. Housing And Urban Development Five-Year Plan For Dallas Unveiled 

By April Towery / February 18, 2024 /
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The Dallas City Council heard an update Jan. 31 on the four grants it receives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and how city staff propose to implement them for affordable housing projects over the next five years.  The city received $31 million in HUD grants for the 2024 fiscal year. The…

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Dallas City Council Says Some Large Neighborhood Daycare Facilities Still Have to Get a Permit 

By April Towery / February 16, 2024 /

On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council balked at allowing all daycare facilities in single-family neighborhoods “by right,” meaning residential neighborhood daycare businesses that care for more than 12 individuals at a time must still apply for a Specific Use Permit — an expensive process that can take up to a year to complete.  The council…

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City Hall Roundup: Development Code Change Would Protect Tenth Street Historic Homes From Demolition

By April Towery / February 11, 2024 /
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The Dallas City Council is expected to vote Feb. 28 on a code update to protect historic homes from demolition when they fall into disrepair.  Neighborhoods such as Southern Dallas’ historic Tenth Street are watching closely. A code amendment would repeal a 2010 ordinance that they say has had a disproportionately negative impact on Black…

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How Much of Dallas’ $1.25B Bond Will be Used For Housing? That Depends. 

By April Towery / February 8, 2024 /
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The Dallas City Council talked briefly about the May bond election during a Wednesday council meeting, but not much has changed since elected officials agreed to an outline of allocations by category and doled out their preferences for $75 million in discretionary funds.  The only point of clarification in Wednesday’s meeting was related to bond…

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