PILLAR: Vibrant
AGENDA DATE: December 10, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Park & Recreation Department
PRIORITY: N/A
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a supplemental agreement to amend the contract term of the lease agreement between the City of Dallas and The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) and to allow TBAAL to lease the Women's Building at Fair Park located at 3800 Parry Avenue for the continued use, operation and management to cultivate the arts and letters of African Americans - Estimated Revenue: Fair Park Fund $420,000.00
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BACKGROUND
TBAAL is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to preserving, promoting, perpetuating, fostering and cultivating the arts and letters of African Americans. TBAAL has leased the theatre complex at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center since 1999.
The purpose of this agreement is to designate facilities for TBAAL to establish and promote multi-disciple cultural and educational programs for the general public in accordance with their mission.
On February 9, 2022, the City Council approved to demolish the Convention Center and construct a new one. TBAAL was finalizing an agreement with Fair Park First (FPF) to lease the Women's Building, located at Fair Park, when the City terminated the FPF agreement on September 15, 2025.
This amendment will allow TBAAL to relocate to the Women's Building for four years. TBAAL will pay the City $60,000.00 in year one of the lease, and years two through four will pay $120,000.00 annually. The Office of Arts and Culture will provide all maintenance of the Women's Building as well as pay for all utilities.
FISCAL INFORMATION
Estimated Revenue: Fair Park Fund $420,000.00
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On January 27, 1999, the City Council authorized the City Manager to enter into a lease agreement with TBAAL for a period of fifteen years, by Resolution No. 99-0359.
On June 25, 2...
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