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[Dallas TOD TIF District Board Meeting on December 2, 2025.]
WE'RE GONNA START THE, UM, THE TOD TIP BOARD, UM, TO ORDER ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2025 AT 2:03 PM AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR VICE CHAIR.UH, THIS IS DECEMBER 2ND, UH, 2025.
UH, WE ARE PARTIALLY LIVE HERE AT CITY HALL, UH, AND THE REST OF THE GROUP IS REMOTE.
UM, AND AS WE'RE CALLING THIS MEETINGS IN ORDER, I HEARD WE HAVE SOME NEW PARTICIPANTS.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE NEW MEMBERS A QUICK MINUTE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND WHAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN.
UM, OR I GUESS WHAT THEIR INTEREST IS IN THE TOD BOARD.
CAN YOU HELP ME IDENTIFY WHICH ONE'S YOUR THERE RIGHT NOW? UH, BRIT, DO YOU WANNA GET STARTED? ABSOLUTELY.
I'M BRIT WILLIAMS. I AM A D ONE RESIDENT AND I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR SIX YEARS, BUT I AM A LIFELONG NORTH TEXAN.
I GREW UP IN ALLEN, UM, AND I AM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
I LIVED JUST TWO BLOCKS OFF OF THE DALLAS STREETCAR OVER OFF, UH, TOWARDS ZANG AND SIXTH, AND, UH, HAD REACHED OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER WEST ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERNS AROUND SO MANY DALLAS DESTINATIONS NOT BEING TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE AND, UH, AM REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO, TO LEARN MORE, TO CONTRIBUTE.
WE HAVE, UH, TRAVIS KLEIN KLEINER, UH, YEAH, I CAN GO BY TJ.
UH, YEAH, DALLAS, UH, BORN AND RAISED.
LIVED IN, UM, PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT MY LIFE.
UM, AND YEAH, JUST SOMEONE THAT, UH, FINDS THESE ISSUES, UH, BOTH SUPER IMPORTANT BUT ALSO SUPER FASCINATING.
AND, UM, UH, YES, AND I'M A ANALYST AT HUNT REALTY TOO, AND WE'VE GOT AUSTIN HOLMES, ALTHOUGH, I DON'T KNOW, HE MIGHT HAVE DROPPED.
MAYBE HE'S TRYING TO REJOIN TO GET HIS CAMERA ON.
YEAH, HE MIGHT BE TRYING TO REJOIN TO GET HIS CAMERA ON.
SO, AND THEN OUR, UH, RETURNING MEMBERS, IF Y'ALL WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELVES TO THE REST OF THE GROUP AS WELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS TRAVIS GASPER.
UM, I'M ALISON GRIFFIN, AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE HAVE EVERYBODY WHO IS ON THE BOARD AND WE'RE EXPECTING A COUPLE OTHERS, SO WE'LL, UH, JUST CONTINUE ON BUSINESS ONCE THEY JOIN.
UM, MOVING TO ITEM TWO, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEMS THREE THROUGH SIX, UM, WE HAVE THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, BEFORE WE CAN HOLD UNTIL WE GET TO THE ITEMS, HE'S KIND OF UP TO THE BOARD IF THEY WANNA TAKE COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OR JUST WAIT TILL AFTER WE HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE BOARDS ASK QUESTIONS.
LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND, UM, START WITH ITEM THREE THEN, AND WE CAN MOVE OVER TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, DO WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPEAKER TODAY ON PUBLIC COMMENTS? I THINK IF MR. KING WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING, MR. KING, ARE YOU LOOKING AT SPEAKING ON A PARTICULAR ITEM TODAY? OR YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT AND LET US KNOW.
SO ITEM THREE, UH, REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THE MEETING RECORD OF THE JUNE 10TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE TOD TIF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, WILL RECOMMEND AND ACTION ITEMS FOR APPROVAL BY THE SECOND.
I CAN I MOTION IN MY OWN? SURE.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALISON GRIFFIN? I'LL SECOND IT.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
UH, ITEM FOUR IS THE REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF A FUNDING REQUEST BY THE CITY'S PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO RESCIND THE TO OD TIFF DISTRICT FUNDING PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, UH, BY THE TO OD TIFF DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON JANUARY 8TH, 28TH, 2025, AND AN AMOUNT TO NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 FOR DESIGN CONSULTING SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
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FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN ROLAND G PARISH PARK ADDRESSED AT 3,800 EAST EAST BOULEVARD.UM, NOT B BO BOULEVARD,
UH, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, ING, WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE.
I DOUBLE CHECK THIS AGENDA TOO.
OH, I JUST WENT, MY VISION WAS, AND THE CITY SECRETARY STAMPED IT SO WELL, THE, HE'S PULLED BARN IS ACTUALLY AN ADJACENT STREET, SO, BUT WE HAD, UH, ANGELA HARDMAN HERE, UM, AND YEAH, SOMEBODY ELSE IS WELCOME.
UM, THE TOB BOARD MEMBERS, UM, WHO WOULD CALL STAFF BRINGING YOU THIS ITEM FORWARD, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT WAS A FUNDING, A FUNDING REQUEST, UM, TO SUPPORT THE PHASE TWO, UM, AREA OF THE CADILLAC HEIGHTS PARK.
NOW, ROLAND PARISH PARK, UH, RESTORATION, UH, PHASE ONE INCLUDED THE FULL PARK RESTORATION.
UM, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM PERTAINED TO PHASE TWO, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY A CONCEPT AT THE TIME.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION IN THE FALL FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND, UH, A REQUEST TO RESCIND THAT REQUEST.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER PLANS, UM, FOR A PHASE TWO IF A PHASE TWO AT ALL.
UM, WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN, IN THE PLANNING OF IT.
WE WERE JUST A SUPPORTIVE BODY, UH, THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD IMPROVE THE AREA.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS, THERE'S A RESCISSION OF THAT $300,000 IN CAMERON LOOSE.
IS IT LOOSE LO IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THE RESCISSION.
I'LL PURPOSE THAT BY SAYING THEY'VE ONLY BEEN ON BOARD FOR FIVE WEEKS, SO I DON'T HAVE MANY ANSWERS TODAY.
I CAN PROVIDE 'EM AFTER WE SURE.
I'LL ADD THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROPERTY AND SO IT MAY NOT STAY WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK THAT IS THE GIST OF WHY THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS JUST REQUESTED TO RESCIND THE FUNDS.
AND MY BOSS, RYAN O'CONNOR, HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS, SO I'M JUST REPRESENTING THE PARTS AND IT'S, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS NEVER A TRANSFER.
THERE WERE NO MONIES TRANSFERRED.
WE WAS TO DO THAT UNTIL THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED ANYWAY, BUT, SO IT'S JUST ESSENTIALLY NULL VOID, IF YOU WILL, FOR LACK OF THE BETTER.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT INVESTOR? WASN'T THERE AN INVESTOR THAT WAS LOOKING AT IMPROVING THAT PARK AND BUILDING THIS WAS CONCESSIONS WAS FOR PHASE TWO, THIS, THIS REQUEST PERTAINS TO PHASE TWO OF, OF, OF, OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A, ESSENTIALLY A RECREATIONAL CENTER FOR PHASE TWO.
PHASE ONE IS STILL ONGOING FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
SO THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, THE RESTORATION, ALL OF THAT IS HAPPENING.
THIS WAS A FUTURE PHASE TWO CONCEPT THAT THEY WERE CONTEMPLATING AND THE FUNDING REQUEST WAS TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN AND PLANNING OF A POTENTIAL PHASE TWO.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THAT, THAT, UH, INVESTOR, UM, IS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING PHASE ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S A PUBLIC PROJECT, YES.
YEAH,
SO I KNOW THEY HAD SOME FUNDRAISING AND SOME PRIVATE SECTOR DOLLARS THAT WERE INVOLVED.
BUT ISN'T THIS THE PROJECT THAT THEY WERE GONNA BUILD A CONCESSION STAND AND BUILD, UM, SO YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE TABLE AGAIN, LIKE BASEBALL DIAMONDS OR SOCCER FIELDS OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S STILL HAPPENING.
SO DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO RESCIND THAT PHASE TWO? UH, JUST A SECOND.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS REAL QUICK FROM, UH, OUR ONE GUEST AND THEN MOVE OVER TO AN ACTION ITEM.
CITY, MICHAEL KING, I LIVE ON KEITH SIDE, KNOW THE STREET, BUT I SAW THEY ONE WORK OVER THERE NOW.
I SAW A LOT OF THIRD BEING TURNED OVER ON THAT ROUTE, BUT, UH, WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
I JUST, I HAD FUN TIME, BUT ITS MOVING FORWARD, SO WE JUST LIKE
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SO NOW WE'LL, UM, TAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THE, UH, MOTION PASSES AND GREAT TO SEE YOU, LUIS.
UH, NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THE TOD TIFF DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 AND 25.
AGAIN, ANGELA, BECAUSE I'M SEEING, AND I'LL TRY TO SHARE MY SCREEN IF WE WANNA GO THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS, SEE IF I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.
CAN EVERYONE SEE THE SCREEN? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
SO, UM, WE DID HAVE SOME, UM, UPDATES SINCE WE SENT THE, THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OUT LAST WEEK.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'LL JUST KIND OF FOCUS ON SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE BOARD AND JUST ALSO TO NOTE THAT THE REPORT IS STILL IN DRAFT FORM AT THIS TIME.
UM, WE DO HAVE THINGS LIKE THE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT ARE STILL PENDING AND THERE'LL PROBABLY BE SOME ADDITIONAL INTERNAL REVIEW, UM, BEFORE THE SKI TO CITY COUNCIL IN LATE FEBRUARY.
UH, LET SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADVANCE.
SUE, I CAN'T SEE THE, UH,
JUST LOOKING AT LIKE THE FOLDER WINDOW RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU HAVE TO PROBABLY RESHARE OKAY.
AS A NEW VERSION, LET'S SAY STOP SHARING AND THEN GO TO SHARE AGAIN BECAUSE NOW THAT I FOUND IT.
UM, SCROLL DOWN TO THE MOST CURRENT, OH, HERE'S THIS ARROW.
SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, SINCE THE LAST REPORT, SO THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE T BOARD WILL REMEMBER OUR LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT MEETING.
WE APPROVED A 12 MONTH DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR THE MOCKINGBIRD STATION PROJECT.
UM, THAT PROJECT IS NOW, UM, CLOSE TO FI, FINALIZING ITS, UM, CAPITAL STACK.
AND WE ANTICIPATE HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE'LL HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THAT PROJECT.
WE ALSO, UM, CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AROUND THE LONGHORN BALLROOM AT RIVERFRONT AND CORINTH.
UM, THAT CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY.
UM, EVERYONE'S REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT INTERSECTION FIXED IN TIME FOR THE WORLD CUP.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, UM, ANGELA CAN SPEAK TO THE, UM, THE AMENDMENTS OF THE LANCASTER CORNING RETAIL PROJECT.
UM, WE, UM, AND ACTUALLY YES, IT WAS APPROVED BEFORE THEN TOO, THE INCREASE IN, UH, A DECREASE IN THE SCOPE OF WORK AND, UM, CREASING THE INCENTIVE FOR THE LANCASTER CORNING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS STILL UNDERWAY.
WE ARE FINALIZING, UH, JUST SOME LEGAL TERMS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WE SHOULD HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXECUTED REAL SOON HERE.
SO WE HAVE OUR, UM, OUR PROJECT LIST.
UM, THIS IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR YEARS IN TERMS OF PROJECTS THAT THE TIP DISTRICT HAS SUPPORTED AND THEN OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
UM, SKIP AHEAD TO, UM, ONE NEW THING SINCE THE LAST DRAFT, UM, THAT WAS SENT OUT IS, UM, I BECAME AWARE THAT,
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UM, THE MOCKINGBIRD BRIDGE, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 2017, IS ABOUT TO UNDERGO A FACADE RESTORATION TO THE SOUTH FACADE.UM, THE CITY'S PUT IN SOME BOND MONEY AND THE UNIVERSITY CROSSING PIT DISTRICT, UM, HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN AND IS CONTRIBUTING SOME FUNDING TOWARDS AN UPGRADE OF THE SOUTH, UM, FACADE.
AND WE HAVE A RENDERING OF THAT THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE DRAFT, UM, JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH, UM, OUR REVENUE, UM, OUR TAXABLE VALUE, UM, BASED ON THE MOST RECENT CERTIFIED VALUE WAS ABOUT 912 MILLION.
UM, THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 352% OVER THE BASE YEAR, UM, AS AMENDED.
AND BASED ON, UM, THAT VALUE, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE COLLECTING A TOTAL OF A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE, UM, IN CALENDAR YEAR 2026.
SO IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE, UM, ON OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE DISTRICT, UM, BASED ON THE, UM, INVESTMENT, UM, EITHER COMPLETED OR PLANNED IN THE DISTRICT, WE'RE AT ABOUT 27% OF OUR GOAL.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE AT ABOUT, UM, 12% OF OUR GOAL IN TERMS OF, UM, RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE SPACE, AND ABOUT 18% OF OUR GOAL FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
ALSO NOTE, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A BIG FOCUS OF THIS TIP DISTRICT IS SUPPORTING, UM, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING THE DART LA LIKE RAIL SYSTEM.
SO WE'VE BEEN, UM, MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE LAST, UM, COUPLE YEARS WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR REGIONAL TRANSIT 2.0 PLANNING.
AND THEN ALSO RECENTLY, UM, WITH DART, THEY'VE BEEN DOING, UM, WHAT THEY CALL TOD AREA PLANNING.
AND, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IDENTIFIED PRELIMINARY PROJECTS INCLUDING, UM, CIRCULATOR ROOTS TO EXPAND, UM, CONNECTIONS TO THE SMU MOCKINGBIRD STATION.
WE ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR DART, UH, RIDER SHIFT.
UM, I WAS EXPLAINING TO OUR, OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND AN ORIENTATION, UM, EARLIER TODAY THAT DART RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN A BIT UNPREDICTABLE.
WHEN WE SET UP THIS TIP DISTRICT AND SOME OF OUR OTHER TIP DISTRICTS THAT HAD NEW, UM, TRANSIT STATIONS COMING ON WITH THE GREEN LINE, WE KIND OF REALLY ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE KIND OF GROWTH, PRETTY CONSISTENT GROWTH AND RIDERSHIP AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING TOD WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATE TO INCREASED RIDERSHIP.
BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST VERY, IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED, YOU KNOW, THE COVID PANDEMIC IMPACTED RIDERSHIP AND EVEN BEFORE THEN THERE'S BEEN FACTORS SUCH AS HOW DART ACTUALLY COLLECTS RIDERSHIP STATISTICS, THEIR EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS JUST DEPENDING ON THE PRICE OF GAS, WHETHER PEOPLE WANNA DRIVE OR TAKE TRANSIT.
SO IT HASN'T BEEN A VERY, LIKE GOOD APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN MAKING DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS TRANSLATE INTO RIDERSHIP GOING UP UP.
WE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LAST YEAR IS A RIBBON CUTTING FOR A NEW TENANT AT THE, UM, 43 15 INNOVATION CENTER.
AND IN TERMS OF OUR SUMMARY OF MEETINGS, UM, IF ANY BOARD MEMBERS SEE ANY CORRECTIONS NEEDED, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THE RECORD OF BOARD ATTENDANCE FOR THE, UM, FREE MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND IN TERMS OF, UM, COUNCIL ITEMS THAT WERE, UM, TAKEN DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE TIP DISTRICT, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL REPORT AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE INCREASE AND THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE, UH, LANCASTER WARNING, UH, PROJECT.
UM, THE ONLY PENDING ITEM WE HAVE AT THIS TIME IS THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, OUR BUDGET, UM, AS I'VE EXPLAINED A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE, UM, THIS IS A, UM, IT'S A FRAMEWORK IN TERMS OF BUDGET CAPACITY, BUT IT DOESN'T REPRESENT ACTUAL CASH IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, THIS TIP DISTRICT, WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED HAD PRETTY AGGRESSIVE, UM, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS AND, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT UNLESS SOMETHING DRASTICALLY CHANGES, WERE UNLIKELY TO COLLECT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THIS REVENUE.
BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY AS WE DO GET PROJECTS COMING FORWARD.
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UM, IN TERMS OF OUR WORK PROGRAM, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UM, CURRENT PROJECTS, UM, LOOK FOR WAYS TO, UM, IMPROVE, UM, CONNECTIONS TO THE TRAIL AND OPEN SPACE SYSTEM, INVESTIGATE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR THE TIP DISTRICT, CONTINUE TO PARTNER ON, UM, MONITORING WHERE THINGS ARE WITH HIGH SPEED RAIL CONNECTIONS.AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, UM, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH IS THE ONE THING THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE IN TERMS OF OUR ANNUAL REPORTING.
YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A LITTLE YELLOW HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25 ARE STILL PENDING.
UM, BUT ALL THE OTHER, UM, DATA IS THERE AND WE DO HAVE OUR FINANCE TEAM, UM, WITH US AT THE MEETING IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIALS.
AND UH, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COST IS GONNA BE? IT WILL PROBABLY BE FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH FIRE YEARS.
SO YOU CAN SEE MY ARROW, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
UM, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE.
UM, SO, WHICH IS WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE WOULD BE IN A SIMILAR RANGE TO PRIOR YEARS.
AND IN TERMS OF OBLIGATIONS, WE HAVE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR MOCKINGBIRD STATION AND THE LONG-TERM BALLROOM AGREEMENT AND LANCASTER REPORTING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, THE ONLY DISTRICT-WIDE SET ASIDE THAT WAS ACTIVE, UM, WAS RELATED TO THE PARISH THINGS TOO, BUT AS WE ALL TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT, UM, IT'S NOT GOING FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA ABOUT THE DART RIDERSHIP.
FOR YOUR, UM, REAL QUICK, UM, SUE WHAT MAKES SOMETHING DISTRICT WISE VERSUS OKAY.
BEING IN A SPECIFIC, IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICTWIDE IS NOT TIED TO A VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, SO IT'S MORE LIKE A GENERAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A PRIVATE DEVELOPER.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I MAYBE STOP SHARING? MR. PERFECT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. COMMENT? YES.
AS IT RELATES TO THE, UM, WE LIKE TO GO TO THE, UH, URBAN LEAGUE BUILDING, WHAT HAPPENS TO URBAN LEAGUE? THEY LOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO THE URBAN LEAGUE, UM, FOR A WHILE THEY WERE PLANNING TO EXPAND, UM, THE BUILDING.
I THINK, UM, THEIR FUNDRAISING WASN'T SUCCESSFUL AND SO THE BUILDING ULTIMATELY THEN WAS PURCHASED BY, UH, EAST SMITH COMPANIES AND THEY DEVELOPED A, WHAT WE CALL THE FORTY THREE FIFTEEN INNOVATION CENTER.
SO IT WAS, UM, REMODELED FOR MULTIPLE TENANTS, UH, WITH KIND OF A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOCUS.
SO YOU HAVE DALLAS COLLEGE AS ONE OF THE TENANTS THERE, AND THEY DO, UM, WORKFORCE TRAINING AND THEN THE CORWIN CLINIC WHERE WE HAVE A PHOTO, UT UNT.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE URBAN LEAGUE ITSELF, THAT THAT ORGANIZATION, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY STILL HAVE A LOCATION IN DWI NOTICED THAT ON THE FRONT END,
IS WAS THAT, IS THAT IN THE, THE THE APARTMENT PROJECT THAT IT'S NEXT DOOR? YEAH, THAT'S ALL.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S JUST THE CHALLENGE OF JUST TRYING TO KEEP TENANTS IN THAT SPACE STILL FUNDED.
I MEAN ALL THE FUNDS VAGUE ENOUGH.
I NOTICED THAT PROBLEM FOR FLOOR RETAIL IS THE CHALLENGE.
I THINK CITYWIDE, EVEN IN BISHOP ARTS, WE HAVE VACANCY AND BISHOP ARTS ARE THE REGIONAL, THE PROJECT BANK BE GOING.
I KNOW THEY HAVEN'T DUG IN, THEY GOT BIG SIGN UP THERE, BUT I'VE SEEN THEM TURNOVER.
WE'RE STILL, UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ARE JUST WORKING SOME THINGS OUT.
UM, SOME LEGALITIES, BUT WE'LL HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK THEY HAVE TO REPLAY, THEY
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HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME PREDEVELOPMENT WORK TOO.THE BIG VACANT LOSS PROBABLY BE OFF THAT Y'ALL AT THE CITY THAT'S STILL PRIVATE LAND OR WHAT? IT'S STILL OWNED BY THE CITY.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE.
UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME SOLICITATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION, UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WANTS TO GO, BUT IT'S STILL TECHNICALLY OWNED BY THE CITY.
SUBDISTRICT RESIDENTIAL HOMES, INCLUDING THAT AS PART OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
BEEN 15 YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL STAFF FOR MARK AT THE TIME STILL THEY GOT, BUT WE STILL SEEN NOTHING.
HAVE ANYBODY COMMUNICATED WITH HIM ABOUT THE OVERALL PROJECT? ONE THREE PROJECT WOULD'VE BEEN 15 YEARS AGO.
AND WAS EVERYBODY COMMUNICATED WITH HIM OR WHAT LAST YEAR'S? YEAH, WE HAVE, UM, IN THE PAST AND WE REACHED OUT TO HIS LEGAL COUNSEL ACTUALLY AND GOTTEN TO REPLY THAT THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW FOR THAT PRIVATELY HELD.
SO WE CAN'T NECESSARILY FORCE IT IF YOU WE'RE NOT PERFECT TO GIVE ANY DETAILS, BUT WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS CIRCLING, BUT WE'RE NOT INVOLVED YET.
SO 15 YEARS, SOME RESIDENTIAL, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS SOME MATTER IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE I SAID I'M, I'M JUST ABOUT TWO BLOCKS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT MYSELF, RIGHT THERE.
SO WITHIN THE CIGARETTE OR ABOUT MAINTENANCE, STREET, THE STREET AND BE USED FOR THAT? FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD? FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE TWO FUNDING IS GENERALLY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, NOT FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT IF LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDED NEW STREETLIGHTS OR YOU KNOW, LIKE A, A TRAIL HEAD TO A PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, COULD BE ENTERTAINED AS WE ALL THERE.
BUT SINCE THEY END DISTRICT THEMSELVES ALMOST ADDITIONAL TAXES, SOMEHOW THEY PAYING TAXES ON THAT? NO, NO.
THEY WOULD PAY TAXES JUST LIKE THEY WOULD ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
IT'S JUST THAT A PORTION OF ANY INCREASE GETS CAPTIVE INTO THE FUND, BUT PEOPLE PAY PROPERTY TAXES JUST LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION SPECIFICS IN THE, UH, REPORT? THAT'S ALL I MAY, I, I'LL JUST WANNA THANK LATER.
SO IF WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED, UM, ACTION FOR THE, UH, ANNUAL REPORT, 24 TO 25 DOUG AND MAKES A MOTION.
I READ THIS LIFT SECOND, UH, I'LL SECOND ALL IN FAVORS.
ITEM PASSES AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS, UH, REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE TOD TIFF DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A CALENDAR YEAR 2026.
UH, DO THEY HAVE THIS SHEET ALREADY? THEY SHOULD.
SO THERE ARE FOUR DATES, UM, PROPOSED FOR 2026, UH, ONE FOR EACH ORDER.
UH, SO IF THERE IS ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, UM, OTHERWISE I THINK WE CAN JUST MOVE TO APPROVAL.
ANY COMMENTS FIRST? I JUST KNOW THAT THESE ARE PLACEHOLDER DATES.
ONLY IF WE HAVE A REASON TO MEET AND YOU'LL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THE STAFF WILL SEND OUT, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT MEETING WILL HAPPEN, SO.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED ALLISON.
WELL EASY MEETING, UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER, UH, BUSINESS TO DISCUSS TODAY.