Memorandum

DATE June 23, 2017 CITY OF DALLAS

TO Honorable Members of the Dallas City Council
SUBJECT Revised City Council Committees

To better align our policy direction with the organizational structure, strategic goals and operations
laid out by City Manager T.C. Broadnax and his staff, I believe we need to revise our City Council
committees. As such, I am proposing that we amend Section 9.1 of our City Council Rules of
Procedure as outlined in the attached resolution. This item will be placed on the June 28 City
Council meeting addendum. The proposed committees are:

(1) Economic Development and Housing Committee

(2) Government Performance and Financial Management Committee
(3) Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee
(4) Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee
(5) Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee
(6) Human and Social Needs Committee

The item on next weeks agenda will only address the titles of the various committees. However,
for your background, I anticipate the subject areas of each of these committees to include, but not
necessarily be limited to, the following departments and topics:

Economic Development and Housing Committee Economic Development, Housing &

Neighborhood Services, Planning & Urban Design, Fair Housing, Neighborhood Plus

Government Performance and Financial Management Committee Implementation of Dallas

365, budget oversight, city auditor, real estate, minority contracting, 311, ethics, open records

Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee Arts, cultural affairs, libraries, environmental
affairs, Code Compliance, Animal Services, tourism, Visit Dallas, Parks & Recreation

Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee police, fire, Court & Detention Services, judiciary

Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee transportation,

infrastructure, Water Utilities, Trinity Watershed Management, high-speed rail, EBS, DART,
Sustainable Development & Construction, Streets, Aviation

Dallas, the City that Works: Diverse, Vibrant and Progressive

 DATE June 23, 2017
SUBJECT Revised City Council Committees

Human and Social Needs Committee Office of Homeless Services, Welcoming Communities
and Immigrant Affairs, community centers, senior affairs, poverty, education, domestic violence,
LGBT, job training

Pending approval of the committee revisions, we will vote on August 2 to amend the committee
meeting schedule.

I am continuing to visit with City Council members to assess your interests and plan to release 2017-
19 committee assignments by mid-July.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or my office.

Best regards,

Michael S. Rawlings
Mayor

c: T.C. Broadnax, City Manager Jo M. (Jody) Puckett, P.E., Assistant City Manager
Larry Casto, City Attorney Jon Fortune, Assistant City Manager
Craig D. Kinton, City Auditor M. Elizabeth Reich, Chief Financial Officer
Rosa A. Rios, City Secretary Raquel Favela, Chief of Economic Development & Neighborhood Services
Daniel F. Solis, Administrative Judge Nadia Chandler-Hardy, Chief of Community Services
Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, Chief of Staff to the City Manager Theresa ODonnell, Chief of Resilience
Majed A. Al-Ghafry, Assistant City Manager Directors and Assistant Directors
Joey Zapata, Assistant City Manager

Dallas, the City that Works: Diverse, Vibrant and Progressive

 COUNCIL CHAMBER

June 28, 2017

WHEREAS, the city council seeks to amend the city councils standing committees to
align with the city managers organizational structure, strategic goals, and operations;
Now, Therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL:

Section 1. That Subsection (a) of Section 9.1, Committees Established, of the City
Council Rules of Procedure, is amended as follows:

(a) The following standing committees of the city council are established:

(1) Economic development and housing committee.

(2) Government performance and financial management

[Budget, finance, and audit] committee.

(3) Quality of life, arts, and culture [and environment] committee.

(4) Public safety and criminal justice committee.

(5) Mobility solutions, infrastructure, and sustainability

[Transportation and Trinity River project] committee.

(6) Human and social needs [Housing] committee.

[(7) Arts, culture, and libraries committee.]

Section 2. That the City Council Rules of Procedure, as amended, will remain in full
force and effect, save and except as amended by this resolution.

Section 3. That this resolution will take effect immediately from and after its passage in
accordance with the provisions of the Dallas City Charter, and it is accordingly so
resolved.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

LARRY E. CASTO, City Attorney

By
Assistant City Attorney

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