Letter to Council Requested by Oak Cliff Chamber RE: Fee Increase in Historic and Conservation Districts and Development Fees
Written by Michael Amonett
Monday, 06 September 2010 18:09
In an interview with the Dallas Observer on 8/25/10, Director of Sustainable Development and Construction, Theresa O'Donnel said that a proposal to raise fees on developers and work done in historic and conservation districts had been shelved until next year. Apparently that is not true.
In a telephone conversation with Oak Cliff Chamber President Bob Stimson on 9/5/10, we learned that the fees represented real money in the preliminary budget to be presented to the Dallas City Council this Wednesday, 9/3/10. The proposal is moving forward. The development community and the historic preservation community are asking that this be reexamined next year rather than implemented this year. All historic and conservation districts in the League have been asked to write letters including those in the working stages. All are listed below.
Winnetka Heights Historic District
Lake Cliff Historic District
North Bishop Ave Historic District
Bishop Arts Conservation District
Kings Hwy Conservation District
North Cliff Conservation District
Kessler Neighbors United Conservation District
L.O. Daniel Conservation District (working)
Stevens Park Estates Conservation District (working)
Dallas CityDesign Studio Presentation
September 2
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Hitt Auditorium, Methodist Hospital
221 W. Colorado at Bishop
Free and open to the public but please register.
On September 2nd, Larry Beasley, former Vancouver urban planner and special adviser to the Dallas CityDesign Studio, and Dallas CityDesign Director, Brent Brown, AIA, will provide an update on the collaboration and dialogue between the public & private sectors and how community outreach is playing a major role in planning efforts in West Dallas.
There are many instances in which the desires of developers, residents and stakeholders dramatically differ; at times even creating a win/lose situation and a divide within the community. The City of Dallas is embarking on a new type of planning process for the communities surrounding the Trinity River. In October 2009, the City Hall became home to the City's first in-house urban design studio, Dallas CityDesign Studio.
Find out how these planning efforts will create additional opportunities for the local design and development communities.
The Fort Worth Avenue Development Group will hold their annual fundraiser, "Dancing with the Stars in Oak Cliff," on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Kessler Theater, 1230 West Davis Street in Dallas from 7:00 to 11:30 pm. The event promises to be full of surprises including a dance exhibition by some of DFW's best swing dancers. After the exhibition the dance floor will be open for all to enjoy a huge dance party.
More.
Want it? Want just the front and sides? Want to build your new buildings with brick that doesn't come in sheets?
Make an offer and it probably won't be refused. Let's just say it's been marked down to sell from the previous 1.2 million. The only catch is that it can't stay here.
So if you want a beautiful facade for Davis or Bishop or elsewhere. You can buy this one for a nominal fee. You must formally offer by September 15 however you would have until December 31 to remove it.
This is the last chance for a piece of this to live on elsewhere as well as evade the landfill which as far from green or stainability as one can go.
Much thanks to new DISD Trustee Eric Cowan and OOCCL Past President and counsel John McCall for negotiatling this for us.
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