Memorandum

DATE July 18, 2017 CITY OF DALLAS

TO Honorable Members of the Dallas City Council
SUBJECT 2017-19 City Council Committee Assignments

I am pleased to present the 2017-19 Dallas City Council Committee assignments. As

youll see in the attached City Council committee org chart, I have made several changes
to how we will operate our committees and task forces. I believe the changes will bring
increased transparency, accountability and collaboration.

First, we recently voted unanimously to amend our City Council rules to better align the
committees with the organizational structure, strategic goals and operations laid out by
City Manager T.C. Broadnax. The attached committee organizational chart lays out in
detail the purview of each of our new standing committees. In addition, we will continue
to have two ad-hoc committees for legislative and administrative affairs.

One of the major changes in our new structure is that all our task forces now have a
committee to which the chairs will report their work. Hopefully, this will ensure the full
City Council does a better job engaging on the important matters these task forces
oversee, including LGBT issues, education, poverty, senior affairs and domestic violence.

In a previous memo, I indicated that the Domestic Violence Task Force would fall under
the purview of the Human & Social Needs Committee. In consultation with the task force
chair, Jennifer Gates, I decided it makes more sense to put that task force under the
Public Safety Committee.

Other important notes about our new committee structure and council member roles:

The judicial nominations process will now be overseen by Public Safety Committee
Chair Adam McGough and his committee members, rather than a separate ad-hoc
committee.

In his capacity as Human & Social Needs Committee chair, Casey Thomas will also
serve as the liaison to Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas.

In his capacity as the Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee vice chair, Mark
Clayton will serve as the liaison for arts, cultural affairs and libraries.

In his capacity as co-chair of the new LGC on homelessness, Councilmember

Clayton will report in to the Human & Social Needs Committee on that issue. The
Citizen Homeless Commission will also report its work to that committee.

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

 DATE July 18, 2017
SUBJECT 2017-19 City Council Committee Assignments

Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway will serve as the City Council liaison to the Youth
Commission, reporting to the Human & Social Needs Committee.

City Council committee chairs should still set the agendas and run their meetings.
However, I ask that the committee chairs consult with task force chairs and liaisons on
committee agenda items related to their assigned areas of expertise. Committee chairs
should also defer to task force chairs and liaisons to lead discussion and debate on their
topics. I have also asked Mayor Pro Tem Caraway to attend and participate in as many
committee meetings as he can. I would ask that all chairs welcome his participation, even
on committees on which he is not formally assigned.

Due to the changes we made to the standing committees, we must also amend the City
Council committee meeting calendar for the remainder of the year. Also attached to this
memo is a proposed calendar for August to December. We will vote on the revised
calendar on August 2.

Lastly, since we now have one less standing committee and one less ad-hoc committee,
it was more challenging to balance the number of committee assignments and leadership
positions among council members. Some of that is by design. The Economic
Development and Housing Committee, for example, has nine total members. This is a
testament to the critical work we must accomplish on that committee and the need for
collaboration.

I look forward to working with all of you over the next two years. Please feel free to contact
me if you have any questions.

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

 MAYOR MIKE RAWLINGS

Government Performance Economic Development & Human & Social Needs Public Safety & Quality of Life, Mobility Solutions,
& Financial Management Housing Chair: Casey Thomas, II Criminal Justice Arts and Culture Infrastructure &
Chair: Jennifer S. Gates Chair: Tennell Atkins Vice Chair: Chair: Chair: Sandy Greyson Sustainability
Vice Chair: Scott Griggs Vice Chair: Adam Medrano, DMPT B. Adam McGough Vice Chair: Mark Clayton Chair: Lee M. Kleinman
Rickey D. Callahan Vice Chair: Vice Chair:
Philip T. Kingston Rickey D. Callahan

City Auditor Economic Homeless Services Dallas Police Arts Transportation

Development
City Secretary Human Services Dallas Fire-Rescue Convention & Event DART
Housing & Services
Dallas 365 Neighborhood Welcoming Court & Detention Infrastructure
Revitalization Communities and Services Office of Cultural
Chief Financial Officer Immigrant Affairs Affairs Water Utilities
Planning & Urban Judiciary
Budget & Finance Design Community Centers Libraries Trinity Watershed
Judicial Nominations Management
Bond Program Fair Housing Senior Affairs Parks & Recreation
Emergency High-Speed Rail
City Controller Neighborhood Plus Poverty Management Environmental Affairs/
Office of Aviation
Procurement Education Environmental Quality
Jennifer S. Gates Equipment & Building
Risk Management LGBT Code Compliance Services
Domestic Violence
Minority Contracting Job Training Task Force Animal Services Sustainable
Development &
311 Workforce Solutions Tourism Construction
Real Estate Resilience Visit Dallas Streets
Ethics & Compliance Sanitation Services
Omar Narvaez Communication &
Center for
Performance Senior Citizen Task Force Information Services
Excellence
Public Information &
Outreach Dwaine R. Caraway
Youth Commission
Open Records
External Affairs
Adam Medrano
Office of Business LGBT Task Force
Diversity
Mayor/Council Office
Intergovernmental
Mark Clayton
Services Education Task Force
Human Resources
Civil Service Mark Clayton
Poverty Task Force

Dallas City Council

Mark Clayton
Homeless LGC Co-Chair Committees, 2017-19
 MAYOR MIKE RAWLINGS

Government Economic Development Human & Social Needs Public Safety and Quality of Life, Arts and Mobility Solutions,
Performance and and Committee Criminal Justice Culture Committee Infrastructure and
Financial Management Housing Committee Committee Sustainability
Committee Casey Thomas, II Sandy Greyson Committee
Tennell Atkins Committee Chair B. Adam McGough Committee Chair
Jennifer S. Gates Committee Chair Workforce Solutions Committee Chair Lee M. Kleinman
Committee Chair liaison Mark Clayton Committee Chair
Rickey D. Callahan Philip T. Kingston Committee Vice Chair
Scott Griggs Committee Vice Chair Adam Medrano, DMPT Committee Vice Chair Liaison for Arts, Cultural Rickey D. Callahan
Committee Vice Chair Committee Vice Chair Affairs & Libraries Committee Vice Chair
Members: LGBT Task Force Chair Jennifer S. Gates
Members: Lee M. Kleinman Domestic Violence Task Members: Members:
Sandy Greyson Scott Griggs Mark Clayton Force Chair Scott Griggs Sandy Greyson
Lee M. Kleinman Casey Thomas, II Education Task Force Chair Rickey D. Callahan Adam Medrano
Philip T. Kingston B. Adam McGough Poverty Task Force Chair Members: Jennifer S. Gates Casey Thomas, II
Tennell Atkins Mark Clayton Homeless LGC Co-Chair Sandy Greyson B. Adam McGough Tennell Atkins
Kevin Felder Kevin Felder Adam Medrano, DMPT Omar Narvaez
Omar Narvaez Omar Narvaez Dwaine R. Caraway, MPT
Senior Citizen Task Force Kevin Felder
Chair

Dwaine R. Caraway, MPT

Youth Commission liaison

Member:
B. Adam McGough

Ad-Hoc Legislative Ad-Hoc

Committee Administrative Affairs
Committee
Lee M. Kleinman
Committee Chair Sandy Greyson
Committee Chair
Casey Thomas, II
Committee Vice Chair Jennifer S. Gates
Committee Vice Chair
Members:
Rickey D. Callahan Members:
Jennifer S. Gates B. Adam McGough
Philip T. Kingston Casey Thomas, II
B. Adam McGough
Dwaine R. Caraway, MPT
Omar Narvaez

Dallas City Council

Committees, 2017-19
 Dallas City Council Committee assignments, 2017-19

DWAINE R. CARAWAY, MPT, D4 ADAM MEDRANO, DMPT, D2

Human & Social Needs (Youth Commission Liaison) Human/Social Needs Vice Chair (LGBT)
Public Safety Mobility
Ad-Hoc Legislative Public Safety

SCOTT GRIGGS District 1 CASEY THOMAS, II District 3

Govt Performance Vice Chair Human & Social Needs Chair
Eco/Housing (Workforce Solutions)
QOL/Arts Ad-Hoc Legislative Vice Chair
Mobility
Eco/Housing
Ad-Hoc Administrative Affairs

RICKEY D. CALLAHAN District 5 OMAR NARVAEZ District 6

Eco/Housing Vice Chair Eco/Housing
Mobility Vice Chair Human & Social Needs (Seniors)
QOL/Arts QOL/Arts
Ad-Hoc Legislative Ad-Hoc Legislative

KEVIN FELDER District 7 TENNELL ATKINS District 8

Govt Performance Eco/Housing Chair
Eco/Housing Mobility
Public Safety Govt Performance

MARK CLAYTON District 9 B. ADAM MCGOUGH District 10

QOL/Arts Vice Chair & ACL Liaison Public Safety Chair
Human & Social Needs (Education/Poverty/Homeless) (judicial nominations)
Eco/Housing Eco/Housing
Human & Social Needs
QOL/Arts
Ad-Hoc Legislative
Ad-Hoc Administrative Affairs

LEE M. KLEINMAN District 11 SANDY GREYSON District 12

Mobility Chair QOL/Arts Chair
Ad-Hoc Legislative Chair Ad-Hoc Administrative Affairs Chair
Govt Performance Public Safety
Eco/Housing Mobility
Govt Performance

JENNIFER S. GATES District 13 PHILIP T. KINGSTON District 14

Govt Performance Chair Public Safety Vice Chair
Ad-Hoc Administrative Affairs Vice Chair Govt Performance
Public Safety (Domestic Violence) Ad-Hoc Legislative
QOL/Arts
Ad-Hoc Legislative
 Attachment A

August 2017
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
Council Briefing
9:00am

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Council Committees: Council Agenda
9:00am-Economic 9:00am
Development & Housing
11:00am-Mobility Solutions,
Infrastructure & Sustainability Budget Workshop
1:00pm-Government (Presentation of City Managers
recommended Budget 9:00am)
Performance & Financial
Management Town Hall Meetings Begin

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Council Committees: Council Briefing
9:00am-Quality of Life, Arts & 9:00am
Culture
11:00am-Public Safety &
Criminal Justice
1:00pm-Human & Social
Needs Budget Workshop

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Council Committees: Council Agenda
9:00am-Economic 9:00am
Development & Housing
11:00am-Mobility Solutions,
Infrastructure & Sustainability
1:00pm-Government
Performance & Financial
Management Budget Public Hearing

Womens Equality Day

27 28 29 30 31
Council Committees:
9:00am-Quality of Life, Arts &
Culture
11:00am-Public Safety &
Criminal Justice Budget Workshop (optional)
1:00pm-Human & Social 9:00am
Needs
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day

Note: Council Agenda meetings are held in the Council Chambers and Council
Briefing and committee meetings are held in room 6ES at Dallas City Hall.
 Attachment A

September 2017
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
Town Hall Meetings End

Eid Al-Adha

3 4
Committee Meeting Moved to
September 5th
Labor Day/Cesar E. Chavez
Day City Holiday
5 6 7 8 9
Council Committees: Council Briefing
9:00am-Economic 9:00am
Development & Housing
11:00am-Mobility Solutions,
Infrastructure & Sustainability
1:00pm-Government
Performance & Financial Budget Workshop
Management
Vote to Adopt Budget 1st
Reading

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Council Committees: Council Agenda
9:00am-Quality of Life, Arts & 9:00am
Culture
11:00am-Public Safety &
Criminal Justice
1:00pm-Human & Social
Needs Budget Workshop (Optional)
9:00am

Patriot Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Council Committees: Council Briefing
9:00am-Economic 9:00am
Development & Housing
11:00am-Mobility Solutions,
Infrastructure & Sustainability
1:00pm-Government
Constitution Day Performance & Financial Vote to Adopt Budget 2nd Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah
Management Reading (Begins at Sundown)
Citizenship Day

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Council Committees: Council Agenda
9:00am-Quality of Life, Arts & 9:00am
Culture
11:00am-Public Safety &
Criminal Justice
1:00pm-Human & Social
Needs Yom Kippur

Note: Council Agenda meetings are held in the Council Chambers and Council
Briefing and committee meetings are held in room 6ES at Dallas City Hall.
 Attachment A

October 2017
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Council Committees: Council Meeting Canceled
9:00am-Economic
Development & Housing Texas Municipal League Texas Municipal League Texas Municipal League Texas Municipal League
11:00am-Mobility Solutions, Annual Conference Annual Conference Annual Conference Annual Conference
Infrastructure & Sustainability Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Houston, Texas
1:00pm-Government
Performance & Financial
Management

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Council Committees: Council Agenda
9:00am-Quality of Life, Arts & 9:00am
Culture
11:00am-Public Safety &
Criminal Justice
1:00pm-Human & Social
Needs

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Council Committees: Council Briefing
9:00am-Economic 9:00am
Development & Housing
11:00am-Mobility Solutions,
Infrastructure & Sustainability
1:00pm-Government
Performance & Financial
Management

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Council Committees: Council Agenda
9:00am-Quality of Life, Arts & 9:00am
Culture
11:00am-Public Safety &
Criminal Justice
1:00pm-Human & Social
Needs

29 30 31
Fifth Monday No Council
Committee Meeting

Halloween

Note: Council Agenda meetings are held in the Council Chambers and Council
Briefing and committee meetings are held in room 6ES at Dallas City Hall.
 Attachment A

November 2017
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
Council Briefing
9:00am

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Council Agenda
Council Committees: 9:00am
9:00am-Economic
Development & Housing
11:00am-Mobility Solutions,
Infrastructure & Sustainability
1:00pm-Government
Performance & Financial
Management
Daylight Savings Time Ends Veterans Day

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Council Committees: Council Briefing Council Meeting Moved to
9:00am-Quality of Life, Arts & 9:00am November 14th
Culture
11:00am-Public Safety & National League of Cities National League of Cities National League of Cities National League of Cities
Criminal Justice Conference - Charlotte, NC Conference - Charlotte, NC Conference - Charlotte, NC Conference - Charlotte, NC
1:00pm-Human & Social
Needs

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Council Committee Meetings Council Meeting Canceled
Canceled

Thanksgiving Day - City Day after Thanksgiving Day -

Holiday City Holiday

26 27 28 29 30
Council Committee Meetings Fifth Wednesday No Council
Canceled Meeting

Note: Council Agenda meetings are held in the Council Chambers and Council
Briefing and committee meetings are held in room 6ES at Dallas City Hall.
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December 2017
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Council Committees: Council Briefing
9:00am-Economic 9:00am
Development & Housing
11:00am-Mobility Solutions,
Infrastructure & Sustainability
1:00pm-Government
Performance & Financial
Management

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Council Committees: Council Agenda
9:00am-Quality of Life, Arts & 9:00am
Culture
11:00am-Public Safety &
Criminal Justice
1:00pm-Human & Social Needs Hanukkah Begins

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Council Committee Meetings Council Meeting
Canceled Canceled

Hanukkah Ends

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Council Committee Meetings Council Meeting Canceled
Canceled

Christmas Day City Holiday Kwanzaa Begins

Christmas Eve

31

New Years Eve

Note: Council Agenda meetings are held in the Council Chambers and Council
Briefing and committee meetings are held in room 6ES at Dallas City Hall.