STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: August 10, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): N/A
DEPARTMENT: City Secretary's Office
EXECUTIVE: Bilierae Johnson
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SUBJECT
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An ordinance (1) ordering a special election to be held in the city of Dallas (the City) on November 8, 2022, on the question of approving and implementing a resolution designating the expansion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas and certain improvements at Fair Park within the City as venue projects and designating the method of financing pursuant to Chapter 334, Texas Local Government Code; (2) making provisions for the conduct of the election; and (3) providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
To ensure that Dallas continues to be competitive economically in multiple sectors, including the tourism and hospitality space, and to keep pace with the downtown growth of other large comparable cities, the City began developing the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD) Master Plan. The KBHCCD Master Plan is in the fifteenth month of the master planning process, which aims to transform the KBHCCD into the top convention center with an integrated transportation hub, and to improve land use in the downtown district.
On February 9, 2022, City Council authorized the recommended 3C West of Lamar alternative as the preferred alternative to implement the KBHCCD expansion and authorized the city manager to take necessary steps to implement the 3C West of Lamar alternative by Resolution No. 22-0334. Resolution No. 22-0660, adopted by City Council on April 27, 2022, designated qualifying venue projects and approved a financing method.
During its regular session, the 87th Texas Legislature (Legislature) enacted Senate Bill 2181 (SB 2181), which added Section 334.2518 to Chapter 334 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended...
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