Welcome to Save Dallas City Hall

 Dallas Landmark Commission voted unanimously to initiate the Landmark Designation process for Dallas City Hall. 

City Hall repair and maintenance estimates at $81M-$121M by John Johnson, Director Facilities and Real Estate Management City of Dallas. (Source)

Mayor orders that a “Finance Committee” be formed to “determine whether Dallas City Hall and other municipal facilities effectively support city operations and best serve the citizens of Dallas." Consider all potential options and identify the most fiscally responsible course to address the mounting deferred maintenance and carrying costs of Dallas City Hall.

City Council’s Finance Committee held the “State of Dallas City Hall” briefing and discussed the core options: live with existing issues, plan and fund repairs or pursue alternatives to staying in the building. Repair estimates balloon to between $142 and $345 million. Follow up information can be found here. Finance committee then met in a closed door “Executive Session” to discuss “Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property located at 1500 Marilla Street because deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.” (Video) (Presentation) (Link)

City Council Finance Committee meets in a closed door “Executive Session” to “Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property located at 1500 Marilla Street because deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.” No formal assessment about the cost of repairs has been made. (Link)

A special joint meeting of the Economic Development Committee and the Finance Committee was held specifically to discuss the “State of Dallas City Hall.” New repair estimates increase to $334M-$595M over 10 years. (Video) (Presentation) (Source)

The Economic Development Committee and the Finance Committee meet in a closed door executive session to “Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property located at 1500 Marilla Street because deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.” No formal assessment about the cost of repairs has been made. (Video) (Presentation) (Source)

Finance Committee meets and ends with a closed door “Executive Session to “Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property located at 1500 Marilla Street because deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.” No formal assessment about the cost of repairs has been made. (Source) 

Dallas City Council adopted Resolution 25-1784 (agenda item 63) directing the City Manager to evaluate real estate options for City Hall, obtain a third-party facilities condition assessment and explore redevelopment or economic development opportunities for the City Hall site, with findings to be reported to the Finance Committee by February 2026. The recorded vote was 12–3. Dozens of people showed to voice their support for City Hall. (Video) (Link)

EDC (Economic Development Council) which cannot be considered an independent third-party, as its members are appointed by the city and its work funded by the city) signs an agreement to oversee work by AECOM to update their limited 2018 estimate. The report is due Jan. 19, giving them just over a month to complete the report. When AECOM completed the repair estimate in 2018 for City Hall, they took over 2 years. Similar assessments take a least a year to complete. (Source)

Report from EDC and AECOM due to city staff. City staff then reviews the report and creates a brief for the Finance Committee by February

The Dallas EDC report findings are expected to be presented to the City Council’s Finance Committee on February 23. 

City Council will vote on the future of City Hall, a decision that will impact generations of Dallasites to come, after a rushed process and without accurate numbers or real input from the citizens they govern.