Agenda - City of Dallas

Exhibit A
Downtown Connection TIF District
FY 2011 Annual Report
• On November 10, 2010, City Council conducted a public hearing to receive
comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use
Permit for a commercial amusement (inside) use within Planned Development
District No. 619 for mixed uses on the south side of Main Street, west of Ervay
Street by Resolution No. 10-2855. Denied.
• On November 10, 2010, City Council approved Resolution No. 10-2879,
authorizing (1) Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the design-build contract with
Schneider Electric Buildings America, Inc. for Light Emitting Diode lighting
retrofits at Thanksgiving Square, City Hall, Central Library, Meyerson Symphony
Center and Jack Evans Police Headquarters in the amount of $998,180; (2) the
receipt and deposit of incentive funds in the amount of $300,000; and (3) an
increase in appropriations for the deposit of incentive funds in the amount of
$300,000 in the Energy Management Fund - Not to exceed $998,180, from
$320,000 to $1,318,180 - Financing: U.S. Department of Energy Grant Funds.
• On December 8, 2010, City Council approved Ordinance No. 28071 and
Resolution No. 10-3047, authorizing a public hearing to receive comments
regarding a City Plan Commission authorized hearing to determine proper zoning
relative to appropriate sign standards in the Arts District Special Provision Sign
District including, but not limited to, provisions to allow video board signs, LED
signs, and construction barricade signs in an area generally bounded by
Harwood Street to the southwest, Woodall Rodgers Freeway to the northwest,
Routh Avenue to the east, and Ross Avenue to the southeast and an ordinance
granting revisions to the Arts District Special Provision Sign District.
• On February 23, 2011, City Council approved Resolution No. 11-0530,
authorizing a resolution accepting the FY 2010 Annual Report on the status of
Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, (Downtown
Connection TIF District), submitted by the Downtown Connection TIF District's
Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report
to the Chief Executive Officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real
property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State
Comptroller, as required by state law.
• On February 23, 2011, City Council approved Resolution No. 11-0549,
authorizing a service agreement with ONCOR Electric Delivery for connecting
new electrical services for pedestrian lights on Elm Street from Akard Street to
Ervay Street.
• On February 23, 2011, City Council approved Resolution No. 11-0608,
authorizing a resolution in support of the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affair’s (TDHCA) 9% low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC)
allocation for St. Paul Apartments located at 1801 Young Street for the
acquisition and new construction of the proposed 146-unit multifamily residential
development for low income families.
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