On April 3, 2019, the City Council will be briefed on proposed changes to the Citizens Police Review Board. Members of the public will have an opportunity to share their comments to the City Council during a public hearing following the briefing presentation.
To view the agenda, please visit www.DallasCity Hall.com or click here.
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Dallas Arts Month kicked off on Wednesday with a rousing a ceremony featuring Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico and Len Barnett & Percussion Things at City Hall. During his address, Mayor Mike Rawlings reflected on the growth of Dallas Arts Month from year to year.
“Since expanding Dallas Arts Week to Arts Month, we have been able to involve more artists, arts organizations and residents, and offer more events,” Mayor Rawlings said. “Last year, Arts Month saw a significant increase in both events and attendance – nearly 1,500 events with an attendance of over 358,000…I hope that art will not only be seen internationally as one of our hallmarks, but that art will be a stage where this city grows.”
Councilmember Sandy Greyson, chair of the Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee agreed. “Having a vibrant arts and culture scene is essential to enhancing the quality of life in our city,” Councilwoman Greyson said. “We also know that the arts are truly engines of the new economy. That is why the City Council adopted a new Cultural Plan last November to make sure that we as a City are making strategic investments to keep this arts engine firing.”
Dallas Arts Month offers opportunities for people to explore music, theatre, museums, and festivals during the month of April. Mayor Mike Rawlings first established it as Dallas Arts Week six years ago. Visit DallasArtsMonth.com to see a list of the activities taking place throughout the City.
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Dallas Municipal Court at 2014 Main Street will be closed Monday, April 1 through Wednesday, April 3, 2019. All court appearances and jury duty scheduled on Monday, April 1 through Wednesday, April 3, 2019 will be rescheduled. Persons with scheduled court or jury appearances will be notified by mail with a new court or jury date.
If you do not receive a new court or jury date, please call Courts at 214-670-0109 or visit courts.dallascityhall.com.
The municipal court building will remain open during this time. Court Clerk staff will be available to assist attorneys and defendants with clerical functions such as filings, answering questions, taking payments, records and setting up payment plans.
Defendants seeking to resolve their citation(s) without coming downtown, can pay online at courts.dallascityhall.com, by mail or by phone by calling 214-670 0109. Defendants can make full citation payments at the Dallas Marshal’s Office, located at 1600 Chestnut, Dallas, TX 75226, which is open 24/7.
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On Friday, March 29, the City of Dallas’ Salesforce CRM System will be taken offline for scheduled maintenance and data migration for approximately 48 hours. The outage will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 29 and is expected to last through 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 31.
The OurDallas mobile app and 311 website will be down, but our 311 Call Center will be operational during this time. Call takers will follow their backup procedure for logging and submitting service requests until access to Salesforce has been restored.
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In an emergency, calling 9-1-1 is the first step to contacting first responders. Now, Dallas residents can also send a text message to 9-1-1 – this service can be life-saving for those unable to speak to due to a physical impairment, or someone in a situation where talking could put them in danger.
Here are some simple do’s and don’t’s:
Texts sent to 9-1-1 may be slow or not possible based on provider coverage. Text-to-9-1-1 is not available in every city. Calling 9-1-1 is still the best and fastest way to receive emergency assistance. Texting or calling 9-1-1 with a prank or false report is a crime, and individuals who misuse the 9-1-1 service can be located.
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Dallas Love Field’s concessions program was named the best overall program for medium-hub airports at the recent Airport Experience Awards, formerly known as the Airport Revenue News awards.
The concessions program includes all restaurants and eateries within the terminal, as well as specialty retail shops, shoe shine stands and kiosks. The program is in the process of expanding with new dining options opening within the year.
The concessions honor follows Love Field earning the 2018 Airport Service Quality Award for North American airports serving 15-25 million customers. The Dallas City Council will recognize Love Field for the ASQ Award, which is based on customer surveys, at its March 20 Council meeting.
Dallas Love Field experienced the busiest year in its history in 2018 in terms of passengers. The airport eclipsed 8 million enplaned passengers for the first time and serviced more than 16 million total passengers. DAL was the 31st-busiest airport in the United States, making it the busiest in the medium-hub category.
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Spring is here and it isn’t too early to start thinking about the summer heat and how to cool down. From now through April 15, Dallas aquatic season passes are 40% off, the lowest price of the season. There are three levels of passes, each with its own set of benefits.
The Cove Pass: For $42 you can swim all season long anywhere you’d like. Benefits include admission to The Cove Aquatic Centers at Crawford, Fretz and Samuell Grand, as well as Kidd Springs, Lake Highlands and Tietze Aquatic Centers and all community swimming pool locations. Regular price is $70.
The Community Pass: For $30 you can get into Kidd Springs and Lake Highlands Community Aquatic Centers, Tietze Neighborhood Aquatic Center, and all community swimming pool locations.Regular price is $50.
The Neighborhood Pass: For $18 you’ll have access to Tietze Neighborhood Aquatic Center and all community swimming pool locations. Regular price is $30.
Regular price daily admission ranges from $2-$6 for 11-year-old and under and $4-$8 for those older than 11.
Purchase your pass online or at your local Dallas Recreation Center. Once purchased, the pass will be added to your account. You will receive your physical pass on your first visit to the aquatic centers when they open this summer.
To purchase season passes click here.
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The Dallas Department of Transportation (DDOT) is actively responding to traffic signal outages throughout the City due to the rainy weather. Our Signal Maintenance group is addressing all outages.
As protocol, the Traffic Operations Maintenance group will work through 311 dispatch system and address “all signals out” as a top priority for the City. We will continue to monitor outages in the City at our Transportation Management Center with 311. We will provide updates throughout the evening as we receive additional information.
UPDATE: As of 10:30 am, we have 63 confirmed traffic signals on flash and 32 estimated “all outs.”
Our Signal Maintenance team is actively addressing all outages and will continue to do so.
DDOT will continue to provide updates throughout the day.
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As spring break commences next week for Dallas and Dallas-area schools, Dallas Love Field expects heavy travel over the coming weekend and throughout spring break.
Dallas Love Field offers the following tips when traversing the airport. At the airport, visit one of the four information booths – three in the non-secured portion of the terminal and one in the secured portion of the terminal – for additional assistance.
• Arrive at least 90 minutes to two hours prior to your flight to allow for parking, check-in and security screening. Peak hours – especially early morning – will lead to longer wait times.
• All three of DAL’s parking garages are first-come, first-served and are within walking distance to the terminal. Plenty of parking is available for those who wish to drive themselves to the airport.
• Parking Garages A&C are $15/day, Parking Garage B is $9/day. Discounted pricing is available in limited quantities on the roof level of Garages B&C.
• Dallas Love Field’s cell phone lot is located just to the north of the Herb Kelleher Way and Mockingbird Lane intersection and is accessible from Aubrey Avenue. Follow signage to access the lot.
• Drop-off and pick-up for passengers is on the upper level, marked Departures/Arrivals, on the upper roadway of Herb Kelleher Way. The ticketing hall, security checkpoint and baggage claim are on the upper level.
• Passengers using any form of ground transportation, including taxis, for-hire shuttles, transportation network companies and rental car shuttles should proceed to the lower level upon exiting either baggage claim or the terminal.
• Due to limited curb space, dropping off and waiting for arriving passengers on the upper roadway must be done in an efficient manner. Dallas Police will be on-site to control traffic and monitor curb operations.
• Abandoned vehicles or those parked in unauthorized areas will be towed.
• The Route 524 buses connect Love Field and DART’s Inwood/Love Field station. The free shuttle operates every day from approximately 5:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. For schedule and fare information, visit www.DART.org/LoveField.
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Your priorities. Your Voice.
Your input is needed to help the City of Dallas develop its annual budget. The goals are to understand the City services that residents value most and where they think the City should adjust spending. Each meeting will include a short explanation of how the City budget works, a question and answer session with City leadership, and an interactive exercise.
Residents who are unable to attend a meeting but want to give feedback can do so by taking the online survey at www.dallascityhall.com. The survey will run through March 31.
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Over 200 volunteers worked with City of Dallas staff to successfully distribute 2,604 trees at the inaugural Branch Out Dallas event on Saturday, March 9. Residents registered in advance to pick up a 5-gallon tree from one of six locations in the city. City staff and volunteers worked together to check-in residents and load trees. By the end of the event, less than 4% of the trees remained!
“It’s rewarding to provide a program like this that lets homeowners pick up an attractive tree for free,” said Terry Lowery, Director, Dallas Water Utilities, “the high rate of participation in this pilot program was phenomenal!”
The types of trees offered included: Shumard Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Cedar Elm, Lacebark Elm, and Redbud.
“The warm reception this program received shows Dallas residents understand the value of trees to the environment, ” said James McGuire, Director, Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability, “the tree distribution process was organized and efficient, and I’d like to thank all of the volunteers and City departments who made it possible for residents to plant these trees.”
The City is currently evaluating the Branch Out Dallas pilot program to see if it is viable to be offered again to Dallas residents. For more information on City of Dallas services and programs, please visit www.dallascityhall.com or www.greendallas.net.
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Dallas Love Field received the 2018 Airport Service Quality Award for North American airports that service 15 to 25 million passengers per year
The Airport Service Quality program is the world’s leading airport passenger service and bench marking program measuring passengers’ satisfaction across 37 key performance indicators.
“It is an honor to receive any award, but especially an Airport Service Quality Award because it is the opinion of our customers,” Director of Aviation Mark Duebner said.
ACI World facilitates the Airport Service Quality Awards program. To be considered for the award, an airport must have participated in the ASQ Survey every month of the award year. Love Field’s ASQ score led to third-place ranking among North American airports in 2016 and 2017.
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Are you looking for a summer job or know someone who is looking? The City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department is hosting a job fair to fill seasonal recreation assistant positions for the summer.
Recreation assistants help lead arts, crafts, field trips, outdoor games, team sports and other activities for youth participating in recreation center camps. They work 35 hours Monday through Friday for 9 weeks. Starting pay is $11.50 with verified work experience.
Required documents:
1) Driver’s License or Texas ID
2) Social Security Card
3) Beneficiary Information
March 16, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Nash-Davis Recreation Center, 3710 N. Hampton, Dallas, Texas 75212.
Applicants can apply online at dallascityhall.com to interview at the job fair.
Visit dallascityhall.com, go to Government tab & click Job. Review job listing & apply online for Seasonal Recreation Center Assistant.
Call 214-670-8847 for more information.
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The City of Dallas will be performing system maintenance Sunday, March 10 from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. You will not be able to process online or telephone payments to Dallas Water Utilities during this time. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you. For alternative Dallas Water Utilities payment locations, please visit
La Ciudad de Dallas estará realizando mantenimiento al sistema el domingo, 10 de marzo entre 1:00 a.m. a 9:00 a.m. Durante este tiempo no se podrá procesar pagos por internet o teléfono. Por favor trate de llamar luego y acepte nuestras disculpas por la inconveniencia que esto le cause.
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