City Council, February 25, 2026
Votes on Rezoning Z9 - vehicle parking CS zoning, passed
How this board votes
The City Council approved 81% of 197 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Zarin Gracey (32 of 57 recorded votes).
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See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
The Dallas City Council approved (5-2 procedural note not applicable; voice vote unanimous with dissents noted) a Fair Park funding and development agreement (agenda item 70) with Fair Park First for a community park at Fair Park, funded by over $33 million in largely non-city so…
- Jurisdiction
- Dallas, TX
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- February 25, 2026
- Decisions
- 32 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Deferred, passed
Projects in this meeting (1)
A project bundles every related decision, across hearingsFair Park community park funding and
ApprovedFree sample: decision 1 of 32
Amendment to Dallas Housing Resource Catalog - Home Buyer Assistance Program (divided question part 1)
Council divided the question and approved the Dallas Home Buyer Assistance Program statement (item 1 of six sub-items), which outsources all functions from application intake to loan closing to reduce processing time to under 30 days. Approved by voice vote.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Dallas City Council approved (5-2 procedural note not applicable; voice vote unanimous with dissents noted) a Fair Park funding and development agreement (agenda item 70) with Fair Park First for a community park at Fair Park, funded by over $33 million in largely non-city so…
Key Decisions (32)
Amendment to Dallas Housing Resource Catalog - Home Buyer Assistance Program (divided question part 1)
Remand of Dallas Housing Resource Catalog amendments (items 2-6) to committee
Acquisition/condemnation of tract for Dallas Floodway Extension Project
Cooperative purchasing agreement for threat monitoring - NetSync
Workday subscription services contract
Reject and re-advertise pension investment advisory services RFP
Appointments to boards and commissions
Fair Park community park funding and development agreement
Cloud based video management platform for DPD - Sigma Surveillance/Verkada
PFC development for Good Homes Dallas mixed income multifamily
Emergency food distribution services - Services of Hope Entities
Halpern Park maintenance and use agreement
Dallas Homebuyer Assistance Program administration contract - BCL of Texas
Dallas Wings practice facility economic development grant
Convention Center architectural services supplemental - Perkins and Will
Convention Center construction GMP 2 - Trinity Alliance Ventures
Condemnation settlement - Charter DMN Holdings for Convention Center
City auditor nominating commission and search firm
Amend city auditor FY2026 audit plan
Rezoning Z9 - vehicle parking CS zoning
Zoning consent agenda (Z2, Z3, Z5, Z6, Z8, Z11, Z12, Z14)
Z1 - alcohol SUP denial at Cleberg Road and Carlota Street
Z4 - SUP for public school (Westwood Middle School) at Arapahoe Road
Z7 - alcohol SUP for restaurant at Lake June Road and North Masters Drive
Z10 - PD and SUP for commercial amusement (rodeo) at Lyon Drive
Z13 - alcohol SUP amendment at Lake June Road (El Pupo)
Z15 - SUP for public school (Frederick Douglass Todd Middle School baseball)
Z16 - SUP for public school (Adelio Williams Career Institute)
PH1 - alcohol spacing variance (Herbie's Burgers)
PH2 - alcohol spacing variance (Target Corporation)
PH3 - Urban Land Bank Demonstration Program Plan
PH4 - resolution of no objection for The Henley LIHTC development (denied without prejudice)
Development Activity (9)
Community Park at Fair Park
Other
Good Homes Dallas
Residential
Dallas Wings practice facility
Commercial
Market Signals (6)
Housing Demand
New residential construction is rapidly increasing in the Chelsea Street…
Commercial Demand
TIF districts (Valley View/Redbird Mall) are showing significant increases in…
Infrastructure
Massive $984M+ Convention Center expansion is now entering active construction…
Who Spoke (70)
On the record: 2 mayors, 13 councilmembers, 13 staff members, 2 attorneys, 4 applicant's representatives, 3 witnesses, and 29 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 2 of 2 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
Lake June Road conditional use permit
Leon Drive conditional use permit
Buckner Boulevard conditional use permit
East Ledbetter Drive conditional use permit
Kleberg Road conditional use permit
Youngblood Road conditional use permit
North Pearl Street conditional use permit
More land-use items (10)
- Malcolm X Boulevard conditional use permitCase 26-536AApproved
- Edgefield Avenue varianceCase 26-521AApprovedcalled it
- South Zang Boulevard varianceCase 26-613AApprovedcalled it
7 items with no recorded vote on this agenda
- Tatum Avenue rezoneCase 26-511ANo vote recorded
- Luna Road conditional use permitCase 26-508ANo vote recorded
- Lindsley Avenue site planCase 26-509ANo vote recorded
- Maple Avenue site planCase 26-512ANo vote recorded
- Elm Street conditional use permitCase 26-514ANo vote recorded
- Manana Drive conditional use permitCase 26-517ANo vote recorded
- Berkshire Lane site planCase 26-518ANo vote recorded
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