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Dallas City Council Meeting

The City Council Agenda meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 9:00 A.M. in the Dallas City Hall

Fort Worth City Council Meeting

The Fort Worth City Council meets each Tuesday. The first and second Tuesday of each month the City Council meets in the evening, 7:00 p.m. The rest of the month's Tuesday meetings are held at 10:00 a.m.
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Private Residence for former President George W. Bush: The firm successfully obtained approval for a gate and closed two streets for the former president’s Dallas residence. The firm also provided due diligence far in advance of the decision to locate in North Dallas.

American Airlines Center and Victory Development: The firm has obtained a variety of approvals from local elected and appointed officials related to all aspects of development. Masterplan has garnered successful outcomes on several zoning requests, late hours permits, landscaping special exceptions, and a special purpose sign district—to name a few. The project has revitalized not only the sporting landscape of the city but also created a vibrant mixed-use lifestyle center.

Pinnacle Park: Masterplan successfully rezoned a part of the city that had been blighted. The successful development of the area has galvanized redevelopment of North Oak Cliff and West Dallas and spurred development along Interstate 20.

Hunt Consolidated Headquarters and Rosewood Headquarters: Masterplan provided successful representation for two signature downtown buildings. These projects will redefine the skyline that had not seen new construction of this scale since the 1980s.

Dallas Independent School District: The firm first participated in the 1992 and 2002 Dallas Bond Programs. Recently, the firm was chosen to represent the district in the 2008 bond program. Masterplan has provided zoning, permitting, and platting expertise for over 100 campuses. Each zoning case was completed successfully and campuses opened as scheduled.

The firm also provides zoning for a number of other educational entities including: St. Mark’s School of Texas, Hockaday, the Richardson Independent School District, Shelton School, Dallas Academy, Greenhill School, Episcopal School of Dallas, Lakehill Preparatory School, St. Anthony’s, Texas Torah, Jesuit, Solomon Schechter Academy, First Baptist, Torah Day School, Trinity Christian Academy, Covenant School of Dallas.

DART Transit Lines: Masterplan has served as the zoning and land use consultant for all transit stations and numerous other locations in their system. The firm represented DART in all zoning and permitting matters, including preparing applications, coordinating/negotiating with staff and making presentations before City Boards/Commissions and Councils. The firm also helped expedite plats and permitting in order to ensure the timely completion of the line segment. All zoning cases were successful. The firm has also been selected to provide similar services for the Denton County Transit Authority.

Competitive Renewable Energy Zones: The firm was selected to work on the ambitious upgrade to the state-wide transmission grid using wind power. Masterplan will provide zoning, platting, and permitting for electrical substations and switching stations. The project includes work in more than 50 counties.

Oncor Electric Delivery: For more than twenty-five years the firm has successfully represented Oncor on transmission line projects throughout the state. The firm has been successful in obtaining the necessary local approvals for every substation and switching station requested. These projects have resulted in several hundred million dollars of upgrades to the electric grid and have enhanced service and reliability for commercial and residential users. In this time the firm has never been unsuccessful on a zoning request. Most recently the firm gain approval for the world’s largest Static Var Compensator sites in Dallas and Plano. These projects brought more than $100 million to the regional economy.

Love Field: Masterplan has represented a variety of transportation oriented clients, including airlines, taxis, and shuttle services. The firm has participated in obtaining city approvals on a range of issues from ticket counter locations to access fees for the airport. Likewise, the firm worked on the debate surrounding the Wright Amendment.

The Glen at Preston Hollow: Located at the northwest corner of Walnut Hill and Central Expressway, the development promises to be among the largest and most diverse mixed use projects in the city. The rezoning of the property features a variety of uses and required working with three traditional neighborhoods and numerous condominium associations. The Glen is designed to complement the Preston Hollow neighborhood, a gated community of 100 luxury single-family homes will connect The Glen’s western boundary with existing neighborhood homes. On the east side of the development fronting Central Expressway, will be a single 100,000 square foot mid-rise office building. The heart of the development will be home to a walking village with 175,000 square feet of retail and restaurants at street level and up to 1,100 multi-family units located primarily above the commercial spaces.

Barnett Shale Gas Drilling, Production, and Pipelines: The firm has obtained approval for gas wells in both urban and rural settings. Likewise, Masterplan has obtained various entitlement rights for pipelines and compressor stations. The urban pipeline work involves numerous municipalities and governmental entities and requires a variety of approvals on all levels.

Henderson Avenue: The firm has represented a number of owners transform old buildings into new uses that help to create one of the most vibrant, walkable areas in the region. The shopping, eating, and entertainment area provides a critically important urban redevelopment that one critic calls the perfect type of place for the "creative class" of people "to come here and put down stakes, that’s what it’s all about. It will never have anything to do with tollways or Calatrava bridges. It will have everything to do with pathways."

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 Masterplan Consultants  900 Jackson Street  Suite 640  Dallas, TX 75202  214.761.9197  Fax 214.748.7114
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