More Goals

• 1

  Complete the citywide ForwardDallas! comprehensive land use plan update process and prepare a draft plan for public review and City Council consideration and adoption.

  Department: PUD
  Percent Complete: 44%Expected Completion: 12/1/2023
  

  Milestones/Updates:

  Completed development of Draft Place type toolkit, which serves to present the preliminary future land use mixes that will be used to begin the conversation with the community related to desired places in the community. Completion of Existing Conditions Report, which serves as the starting point of land use analytics and scenario development Initiation of Land Use Visioning Workshops and near completion of 1st round of engagement. This round covered the 7 service planning districts in the city. The next round of engagement will drill down into the planning areas of focus.

• 11

  Successfully complete and begin implementation of the Matrix Consulting Group efficiency and staffing study of the building and permitting functions of the City

  Department: DEV
  Percent Complete: 100%Expected Completion: Complete
  

  Milestones/Updates:

  The Study was completed on August 11, 2022 and is posted on the Development Services Website

• 12

  Successfully launch the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) identified in the Economic Development Policy to include establishing the Board, hiring staff and preparing the entity to begin its business and real estate development work.

  Department: ECO
  Percent Complete: 100%Expected Completion: Complete
  

  Milestones/Updates:

  The board of directors held the corporation's inaugural board meeting on October 11, 2022. Officers were elected and committees were selected. The board established a hiring committee to launch the search for a CEO.

• 13

  Evaluate and make recommendations to update the City’s parking code to modernize and facilitate urban infill development

  Department: TRN, PUD
  Percent Complete: 85%Expected Completion: 12/30/2022
  

  Milestones/Updates:

  This is a PUD project; Goal #33

• 14

  Design and develop an electronic building permit and land use planning/management system to improve the review and end-to-end permitting process

  Department: DEV
  Percent Complete: 95%Expected Completion: 10/31/2022
  

  Milestones/Updates:

  A revised Statement of Work was provided in October 2022 and was still not satisfactory nor did it meet the Department's requirements. Vendor eliminated project timeline, payment terms and milestones were deleted or left out, additional sections added from previous submittal, training portion of contract was decreased, Solution Inventory notes were not clarified. DSD staff is meeting with the vendor, ITS, Procurement the week of October 31, 2022 to finalize negotiations.

• 15

  Develop an RFCSP to hire a third-party consultant to design and implement a self-certification program for engineers and architects; or design and implement third-party plan review, including strategies to enhance options for review of building permits fo

  Department: DEV
  Percent Complete: 20%Expected Completion: 12/30/2022
  

  Milestones/Updates:

  Development Services staff is meeting with the City Manager's Office to gather additional direction.