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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Economic Development Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/4/2026 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL bit.ly/cityofdallastv
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda  
Attachments: ECO Committee Agenda Packet 5.4.2026
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26-1473A 11. MINUTESApproval of April 6, 2026, Economic Development Committee Meeting Minutes  
26-1474A 1A. BRIEFING ITEMSOpportunity Zones 2.0 [Heather Lepeska Deputy Director, Office of Economic Development]  
26-1476A 1B. BRIEFING MEMORANDUMUpcoming Agenda Items: Authorize (A) an amendment of the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan (“Plan”) for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen, the Maple/Mockingbird Tax Increment Financing (“TIF”) District (“Zone”) to: (1) increase the geographic area of the Zone by approximately 9.3 acres to add the property currently addressed as 1545 West Mockingbird Lane; (2) make corresponding modifications to the Zone’s boundary and Plan; and (3) include findings that (a) vacant and underutilized property in the proposed expansion area substantially arrests or impairs the sound growth of the City, (b) development or redevelopment in the proposed expansion area will likely not occur solely through private investment in the foreseeable future, and (c) inclusion of the proposed expansion area will have an overall benefit to, and further the purposes of, the Zone; and, at the close of the public hearing on May 27, 2026, consider an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 27689, previously approved on September 23, 2009, as amended, and (B) a tax increment financing (“TIF”) develo  
26-1530A 1C. BRIEFING MEMORANDUMUpcoming Agenda Item: Authorize a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement and all other necessary documents (“Agreement”) with Veterans Community Project and/or its affiliates (“Developer”) for the Veterans Community Project Village (“Project”), including the conveyance (fee simple estate) of approximately 7.33 acres of City-owned real property located west of S. Lancaster Road, south of Mentor Avenue, and east of Denley Drive (“Property”) in consideration of the development and operation of a transitional housing community for veterans experiencing homelessness, consisting of small residential units, a community center, and on-site supportive services, in accordance with the Economic Development Incentive Policy [Heather Lepeska, Deputy Director, Office of Economic Development]  
26-1478A 1D. BRIEFING MEMORANDUMAuthorization of public hearing to amend the Dallas Development Code in response to SB 15 with consideration of implementing design standards foe small lot developments and amendments to the subdivision; uses permitted: yard, lot, and space: design standards: and any other associated regulations. [Andreea Udrea, Deputy Director, Planning and Development Department]  
26-1532A 1E. BRIEFING MEMORANDUMUpdate on Call for Concepts for City Hall [Robin Bentley, Assistant City Manager, City Manager’s Office]  
26-1475A 1F. BRIEFING MEMOSQuarterly Update: Economic Development Incentives Awarded via Administrative Action [Kevin Spath, Director, Office of Economic Development]  
26-1477A 1G. BRIEFING MEMORANDUMDallas Business Journal’s 2026 Best Real Estate Deals [Kevin Spath, Director, Office of Economic Development]