Economic Development Committee
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Agenda — 16 items
- 1 This Council Committee meeting will be held by video conference and in the Council Chambers, 6th Floor at City Hall. Individuals who wish to speak in accordance with the City Council Rules of Procedure must sign up with the City Secretary’s Office. The Public may attend the meeting virtually; however, City Hall is available for those wishing to attend the meeting in person. The meeting will be broadcast live on Spectrum Cable Channel 16 and online at bit.ly/cityofdallastv. The public may also listen to the meeting as an attendee at the following video conference link:
- 2 Call to Order
- 3 MINUTES
- 1. Approval of November 3, 2025, Economic Development Committee Meeting
- 2. Approval of January 6, 2026, Economic Development Committee Meeting
- 6 BRIEFING ITEMS and ACTION ITEMS
- A. Public Hearing on City Hall.
- B. Discussion and Feedback on Proposed Redevelopment of City Hall. [Assistant City Manager, Robin Bentley]
- 9 BRIEFING MEMOS and ACTION ITEMS
- C. Upcoming Agenda Item: Acquisition of approximately 36,685 square feet (0.842 acres) of commercially improved land addressed as 2222 Sylvan Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75208 to support the Fire Station No. 45 relocation and redevelopment project (“Project”) as necessary and convenient to the implementation of the Fort Worth Avenue TIF District Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan (City Council District 6) [Kevin Spath , Director, Office of Economic Development]
- D. Upcoming Agenda Item: Authorize an Amendment to Reprogramming Budget No. 2 (Substantial Amendment No. 2) to the City’s FY 2025-26 Action Plan to Authorize the Use of Up to $935,101.50 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds as Interim Loan Financing for the City’s Section 108 Hotel Project Loan Agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Hotel Project located at 1011 South Akard Street [Maria Smith, Assistant Director, Office of Economic Development]
- E. Quarterly Update: Economic Development Incentives Awarded via Administrative Action [Heather Lepeska, Deputy Director, Office of Economic Development]
- F. Board of Adjustment Rules of Procedure Amendments [Andreea Udrea, Deputy Director, Planning & Development Department]
- G. Authorize a public hearing to amend Article XIII, “Form Districts,” of Chapter 51A, “Dallas Development Code,” to list tattoo and body piercing as an example of permitted personal service uses instead of as an example of prohibited personal service uses in form-based zoning districts pursuant to the Five-Signature Memorandum by Councilmember West submitted on January 29, 2026 [Andreea Udrea, Deputy Director, Planning and Development]
- H. Electric vehicle parking space charging requirements, electric vehicle capable space scaling, and an ordinance amending Dallas City Code Chapters 53 and 57 to provide a maximum number of required electric vehicle capable spaces. [Mina Eskander, Assistant Director, Planning & Development Department]
- 16 ADJOURNMENT