Four DFW agenda postings for the week of October 26, 2026 carry most of the weight: Plano City Council on Monday, October 26, Fort Worth City Council and Denton City Council on Tuesday, October 27, and Dallas City Council on Wednesday, October 28. The eight items below are agenda-stage matters drawn from those official postings, not later outcomes.
Takeaways
- Dallas has two Klyde Warren Park Phase 2 items, including an interlocal amendment that would raise regional Surface Transportation Block Grant funding for the expansion from $30,000,000 to $44,648,437.
- Denton holds its second public hearing and the first reading of a proposed data center moratorium. The staff sheet sets December 1 as the date for the second reading and council consideration.
- Fort Worth has a public hearing on a ten-year tax abatement for a semiconductor testing operation at 273 W. Everman, plus a $16,040,906 construction management contract for the Mary's Creek wastewater projects.
Dallas: Klyde Warren Park Phase 2 funding changes
The Dallas City Council meets Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at City Hall. Item 9 would amend an interlocal agreement among the Regional Transportation Council, the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and the City, joined by the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation. It acknowledges an increase of up to $14,648,437 in Surface Transportation Block Grant funds for Klyde Warren Park Phase 2 at 2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, from $30,000,000 to $44,648,437. It would also change the Foundation and City Center TIF District repayment dates and add the Foundation to cost savings if the project comes in under budget. The agenda lists no cost to the City.
Item 13 would amend Resolution No. 21-1147, the 2021 TIF development agreement with the Foundation for up to $3,000,000 from City Center TIF District funds. The amendment updates the project deadlines and, in exchange, adds a requirement that the Foundation invest at least $22,500,000 in design or construction of the expansion.
Official sources: Dallas item 9 (26-3261A), Dallas item 13 (26-3267A)
Dallas: Uptown street conversion design and a streetcar link study
Item 51 is a professional services contract with Halff Associates, Inc., not to exceed $3,552,041, for engineering design of the McKinney Avenue/Cole Avenue Two-way Conversion Project, also called the Uptown McKinney Avenue/Cole Avenue Couplet. It would also release funds left over from a terminated Kimley-Horn and Associates contract approved in December 2023 (Resolution No. 23-1636) for use under the new contract. Funding listed includes 2017 general obligation bond funds and 2024B certificates of obligation.
Also on the agenda, item 20 is a contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., not to exceed $1,096,786.68, for planning and engineering of a Dallas Streetcar connection from the planned northern extension terminus near the Omni Hotel to the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority system.
Official sources: Dallas item 51 (26-3301A), Dallas item 20 (26-2996A)
Dallas: $315 million in general obligation refunding and improvement bonds
Item 30 is an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2026, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $315,000,000. It also levies a tax to pay them, awards the sale, approves purchase, deposit, and escrow agreements, and approves the official statement. The agenda lists issuance costs not to exceed $1,111,870 from the 2026 General Obligation Bonds Fund.
Official source: Dallas item 30 (26-3265A) and ordinance
Dallas: two large citywide service and supply agreements
Item 39 is a five-year master agreement with M A N S Distributors, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder of fourteen, for janitorial supplies, trash bags, and liners for citywide use. The estimated amount is $34,239,554.59. Most of that, $27,594,054, is listed from the Aviation Fund, with the rest from the General Fund, Dallas Water Utilities, Equipment and Fleet Management, and Sanitation.
Item 43 is a four-year service price agreement with RNDI Companies, Inc. for asbestos abatement, demolition, and removal of improvements on City and non-City structures, estimated at $11,843,939.90. Funding is split mainly between the General Fund and the Stormwater Drainage Management Fund.
Official sources: Dallas item 39 (26-3192A), Dallas item 43 (26-3195A)
Fort Worth: a ten-year abatement for a semiconductor testing operation
The Fort Worth City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, follows the executive session and is treated as a 1:00 p.m. start for speaker registration. Item 10.3 (M&C 26-1298) is a public hearing and ordinance designating Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone No. 122. It would also authorize a ten-year tax abatement agreement with AeternZ Semiconductor Testing Corporation, a Texas subsidiary of King Yuan Electronics Co., Ltd., or an affiliate, for a manufacturing operation at 273 W. Everman in Council District 8. The agenda title does not list dollar terms. The city's public notice page lists a 30-day tax abatement notice for this meeting.
Official sources: Fort Worth City Council agenda, October 27, 2026, Fort Worth 2026 tax abatement public notices
Fort Worth: Veale Ranch PID assessments and Mary's Creek construction management
Item 10.1 (M&C 26-1032) is a public hearing on levying special assessments in Improvement Area No. 6 of Public Improvement District No. 22, Veale Ranch, in Council District 3 and the extraterritorial jurisdiction. The ordinance would approve the service and assessment plan and the assessment roll. A companion resolution approves a reimbursement agreement with PMB SWFW Dev Co, LLC and PMB SWFW Dev Co Manager LLC for building and financing improvements in that area, along with a majority landowner agreement. Assessment amounts are not in the agenda title.
On consent, item 6.1.12 (M&C 26-1199) is a $16,040,906 professional services agreement with CDM Smith, Inc. for construction management of the Mary's Creek Water Reclamation Facility, the Mary's Creek Confluence and Walnut Creek lift stations, and Parts 1 and 2 of the Mary's Creek Lift Station Site and Force Main Alignment. The item lists Council Districts 3 and 7, the extraterritorial jurisdiction, and the City of Benbrook.
Official source: Fort Worth City Council agenda, October 27, 2026
Denton: second hearing on a data center moratorium
The Denton City Council meets Tuesday, October 27, 2026, with a 1:00 p.m. work session. Public hearings begin at or after 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Item ID 26-1605 is the second public hearing on a moratorium on accepting, processing, and approving data center development applications. Item ID 26-1606 is the first reading of the moratorium ordinance, which cites a shortage of water and wastewater facilities, a need for electric facilities, and inadequate existing development regulations under Texas Local Government Code Sections 212.135, 212.1351, and 212.1352.
The agenda information sheet says no action is taken at first reading. It puts the second reading and council consideration on December 1, says adoption needs at least three-fourths of all council members, and says a moratorium would be limited to 180 days (90 days with one 90-day extension). Staff findings say the city treats 21 million gallons per day of wastewater and 25.7 million gallons per day at peak demand, running the wastewater reclamation plant at a deficit. They also cite about 75 megawatts of available transmission-voltage capacity at Denton Municipal Electric. The sheet notes that data center code amendments approved on October 13 take effect October 27.
Official sources: Denton ID 26-1605, Denton ID 26-1606 and agenda information sheet
Plano: a $400,000 incentive tied to 83,939 square feet of office space
The Plano City Council meets Monday, October 26, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. Consent item (e), file 26-888, is a Chapter 380 economic development incentive agreement with FleetPride, Inc. The agenda memo says the company agrees to occupy at least 83,939 square feet of office space at 5601 Granite Parkway and make at least $2,000,000 in real property improvements by December 31, 2027. The memo lists the item at $400,000 from the 2026-27 Economic Development Fund.
Official source: Plano file 26-888 and agenda memo
What this week-ahead reviewed
AgendaWire reviewed the posted agendas for Plano City Council (October 26), Farmers Branch Planning and Zoning Commission (October 26), Fort Worth City Council (October 27), Denton City Council (October 27), McKinney Planning and Zoning Commission (October 27), Coppell City Council (October 27), and Dallas City Council (October 28). Secondary items included a Denton resolution supporting TxDOT alignments B and B2 for the Denton County Outer Loop, $57,240,000 in Denton utility system revenue bonds to the Texas Water Development Board, a Dallas zoning case for a TH-3(A) townhouse subdistrict on about 5.1 acres within PD 28 at Mockingbird Lane and McMillan Avenue, Fort Worth bulk water treatment chemicals of up to $17,000,000 a year, a Plano master fee schedule update, and a Farmers Branch planned development request for about 12.42 acres. A Dallas training center construction amendment was left out because its posted title shows superseded figures that could not be reconciled from the agenda alone.
Agenda PDFs: Dallas City Council, October 28, 2026, Denton City Council, October 27, 2026, Plano City Council, October 26, 2026, Fort Worth City Council, October 27, 2026
Matches come from official agenda pages and PDFs AgendaWire can verify. This is source monitoring, not legal advice or comprehensive regional coverage. Meeting placement, attachments, and wording can change after publication. The linked government agendas remain authoritative.