City of Duncanville

• A total of 1,973 single-family rental properties have been registered to date, with no new properties registered since the last update. Staff have completed 11 inspections since the previous update; 4 passed, 7 failed, and 0 were canceled. The primary reasons for the failed inspections were the absence of a Grounded/Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) protection, missing carbon monoxide smoke detectors, and improper installation of water heaters.
  
• Since the Single-Family Rental Registration Program inspections in January 2025, 4 Certificates of Occupancy have been re-issued.
  
• This week, staff conducted 67 Building inspections and 18 Health Inspections. The total amount of fees collected was $18,739.80.
  
• This week, 76 permits were issued.
  

Comprehensive Plan

The City of Duncanville commenced the process of updating its comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan is a document that will guide future decision-making on land use, capital investments, economic development, community building, and more in the city over the next 20 years.

The City's prior comprehensive plan was adopted in 2017. Now almost 8 years old, it is time for an update to ensure the City's plan is reflective of the current conditions and needs of the community.

Visit the Duncanville Comprehensive Plan website for information relating to the planning process including project updates, opportunities for public engagement, and draft plan elements.

Read the Champion Newsletter for January 2025 and the
January 6, 2025 Weekly Champion

West Nile Virus (WNV) Samples Results

Testing conducted by Dallas County Mosquito Control.

December 18, 2024 - No reporting

December 25, 2024 - No reporting

January 1, 2025 - No reporting

January 8, 2025 - No reporting

• The Players Tribe Basketball Tournament - two courts – Saturday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and Sunday, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
  
• Ismaili Volleyball Tournament - four nets – Saturday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Sunday, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
  
• Masters Pro-Am Adult Basketball League three courts – Sunday, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  

The Fire Department responded to 98 Calls for Service in the past seven days, which included:

Fires: 3

• 2 structure fires - 1 in Cedar Hill and 1 in Duncanville

Emergency Medical Service: 88

Motor Vehicle Accidents: 7

Emergency Management:

This week, the Emergency Management team participated in the following events:

• The Emergency Management (EM) team collaborated with the Best Southwest Cities to prepare for expected winter weather.
  
• The EM team participated in State, Regional, and National Weather Service coordination calls.
  

Fire Marshal’s Office

Inspections:

• Business: 3
  
• Sprinkler Acceptance: 1

Reviews:

• Plan Reviews: 3
• Design Review Committee Reviews: 6

No updates this week.

Upcoming programs:

• Create a 2025 vision board – Saturday, January 11, 2025, 1:00 - 2:30 PM.
  Materials will be provided.

Ongoing programs:

• Maker Mondays, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM. All ages and levels are welcome. Come see what awesome technology we will have available.
  
• Craftastic Tuesdays, at 4:30 PM. Join us every week and try out a different craft each time. (Next Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Swiftie bracelets will be made)
  
• Spanish Conversation, Tuesdays, at 10:30 AM. Come and practice your Spanish skills with other learners.
  
• Computer Basics, Wednesdays, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Learn the basics of using a computer. Bring your laptop or borrow one of ours.
  
• Tech Tutors, Wednesdays from 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM. Get help with any of your own devices. Our tutors will work with you on smartphones, laptops, e-readers, tablets, and more.
  
• Jigsaw Join-up, Fridays 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM. All ages & levels are welcome. Jigsaw puzzles will be provided.
• Giant Games, Saturdays from 3:30 PM—5:30 PM. We will have some oversized games set up. We currently have Connect 4, Corn Hole, and Axe Throwing (the axes are not real). All ages are welcome.

Upcoming Special Events:

The Economic Development Department is reviewing Duncanville Community and Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) bylaws against other cities to determine necessary updates. We have met with several new small business owners to share resources and explain DCEDC grants.

Duncanville Community and Economic Development (DCEDC) Incentive Grants Update

Great American Shootout - HOT Funds - $60,000 - Processing
Duncanville Lions Club - HOT Funds - $75,000 -  Processing
Hoopfest Basketball - HOT Funds - $85,000 - Processing
Encina Restaurant - Infrastructure - $306,600 - Processing
North Texas Care Clinic - Infrastructure - $98,585.67 - Processing
Fire Dept. EMS Response Cart - HOT Funds - $74,895 - Processing
Mike Pietsch, ISO Rating - Professional Services - $9,000 - Processing
Banner Replacement Project - Beautification - $11,390 - Processing
Flower Hanging Baskets - Beautification - $4,960 - Processing
Premier Properties - Facade - $11,000 - Reviewing
Sistergirls Kitchen - Signage - $6,000 - Reviewing
Ferrante Hair Studio - Landscape - $10,500 - Reviewing
The Outlet Thrift Store (914 S. Cedar Ridge Dr. - Signage - $7,950 - Reviewing
738 N. Main St. - Infrastructure - $1,175,000 - Reviewing
440/444 N. Main St. (Dr. Ricky Fain) - Infrastructure - $3,085,735 - Reviewing

 Accounting & Reporting – Week of January 02, 2025, to January 08, 2025:

• Electronic Funds Transfer Payments: 22 invoices were processed, totaling $447,661.20.

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The Human Resources Department is currently recruiting for the following positions:

• Police Officer
  
• Firefighter
  
• Utilities Maintenance I
  
• Utilities Maintenance II
  
• Crew Leader – Utilities
  
• Animal Control Officer
  
• Parking Compliance Officer
  
• Streets Maintenance Worker I
  
• Streets Maintenance Worker II
  
• Crew Leader – Streets (Drainage)
  
• Crew Leader – Sanitation
  
• City Forester
  
• Fieldhouse Building Attendant
  
• Fieldhouse Front Desk Attendant – Part-Time
  
• Planning Manager
  
• Superintendent – Streets
  
• City Engineer
  
• GIS Analyst
  
• Superintendent-Neighborhood Services
  
• Economic Development Manager
  

The Human Resources Department is currently recruiting. Interested candidates may review current openings, including job descriptions, and apply online at Current Openings

Become a member today! The minimum age to join is 50. For more information, contact the Senior Center at (972) 707-3864.

Upcoming Senior Center Events:

• Ivory Truth Music Performance – Friday, January 10, 2025 | 10:00 AM
  
• Share and Care – Monday, January 13, 2025 | 10:00 AM
  
• Trip: Alley Cats Bowling in Arlington, Texas – Monday, January 13, 2025 | 10:00 AM
  
• Loteria – Monday, January 13, 2025 | 10:30 AM
  
• Trip: Mystery Lunch – Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | 12:00 PM
  
• Bagel Social - Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | 9:00 AM
  
• Trip: Circle Grill in Dallas, Texas – Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 4:00 PM
  
• Bingo with United Healthcare – Friday, January 17, 2025 | 10:30 AM
  
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday (City Observed) – Monday, January 20, 2025 | CLOSED
  

PARKS

• Crews completed the homeless encampment cleanups at Cockrell Hill Road at Interstate 20 underpass and Main Street right-of-way
  
• Staff winterized restroom facilities at all parks
  
• Crews repaired the reduced pressure zone (RPZ) at the Harrington Park baseball complex
  
• Staff repaired various irrigation and plumbing valves in restrooms and leveled and set access boxes.
  
• Crews performed park amenity maintenance at Armstrong and Lions Park
  
• Crews completed field maintenance of the Harrington Park soccer complex
  
• Parks staff has begun removing Christmas décor around the city
  

PROJECTS

• A meeting has been scheduled with Dean Construction to discuss a timeline and plan for the Harrington Park Bond Project.
  
• Timeline for the Hanging Basket Project is underway.
  
• Continued maintenance management on the Danieldale Road median plant bed.
  
• Contractors were scheduled to remove the Christmas tree and lights at Armstrong Park.
  
• Repairs were scheduled for the Lakeside Park fountain and aerator.
  
• Collaborations have been made with the playground manufacturer, Leathers and Associates, on preventative maintenance.

Recreation Center

Membership Drive – Wednesday, January 1 – Friday, January 31
The Parks and Recreation department is celebrating Health and Wellness in 2025! Join us in the month of January and receive special pricing on our memberships. Purchase a 1-year membership for the price of a 6-month! You will also have a chance to spin our swag merchandise wheel to win a cool prize.

Instructor Meet and Greet - Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Join the Recreation Center for an instructor meet-and-greet. Stop by to learn about all the center's programs. Popcorn and light nutritional snacks will be served.

Items scheduled for the Monday, January 13, 2025, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.

• Request for Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Duncanville High School, 900 West Camp Wisdom Road
  
  • Request will go before the City Council on Tuesday, February 4, 2025
    
• Request for a Replat at 1700 Cedar Hill Road

New and Potential Projects

• Proposed New Development at 704 North Main Street
  
  • Staff is currently working with the applicant on a new layout for the site
    
• New development was proposed at 914 and 918 East Highway 67
  
  • The applicant met with staff on June 26, 2024, to discuss zoning submittal.
    
  • The applicant applied for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) request on July 18, 2024. Staff sent comments and markups on July 30, 2024. More items/information are needed to consider the application complete.
    
  • The applicant submitted revisions on August 20, 2024.
    
  • The applicant submitted a zoning application for a Planned Development request on October 17, 2024.
    
  • The applicant’s end-user has changed, and the applicant will submit an updated site plan in January to go in front of the Planning and Zoning Commission in February.
    
• Proposed New Addition at 900 West Camp Wisdom Road (Duncanville High School)
  
  • The applicant submitted a zoning application for a Specific Use Permit request on October 2, 2024.
    
  • The applicant met with staff on November 20, 2024.
    
  • The applicant submitted an updated site plan to staff on November 20, 2024.
    
  • Staff met internally on November 26, 2024, to review the applicant’s latest site plan.
    
  • The applicant submitted an updated site plan and additional development plans on November 27, 2024. Staff reviewed their latest submittal on December 10, 2024.
    
  • The applicant’s Specific Use Permit (SUP) request will be moved to the January 13, 2025, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and the February 4, 2025, City Council meeting.
    
• Proposed Expansion at 515 West Center Street
  
  • The applicant was approved for a special exception to allow 6 additional accessory structures by the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) on March 28, 2024.
    
  • The applicant submitted civil plans on July 22, 2024.
    
  • Utilities, Fire, and Engineering met with the applicant to discuss civil plans on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
    
  • Staff has approved the civil plans. A preconstruction meeting should be taking place soon, and the applicant will be applying for a building permit as well
    
• Proposed New Development at Corner of Cockrell Hill Road and Danieldale Road (Life School)
  
  • The applicant was scheduled for the June 3, 2024, Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission meeting for Planned Development (PD) request; the item was removed from the agenda; future date to be determined.
    
  • A Town Hall Meeting occurred on August 13, 2024.
    
  • Staff met with the applicant on August 26, 2024. Additional items are required before the applicant can be scheduled for a Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission meeting.
    
  • The city emailed the applicant on September 6, 2024. City staff commented that a consulting firm will review a traffic impact analysis; however, the firm will be expected to contract with the City of Duncanville after the turn of the fiscal year. To expedite the review, the City staff would be open to agreeing with the applicant to contract a firm to review the traffic impact analysis.
    
  • The applicant submitted a plat application on September 20, 2024. A third party is currently reviewing the plat.
    
  • On October 10, 2024, the applicant submitted a traffic impact analysis from a third-party reviewer to the city.
    
  • On October 22, 2024, there was a meeting between staff and the applicant.
    
  • The city agreed to hire a third party to do the project's zoning and engineering reviews.
    
  • The third-party met with staff on December 17, 2024, to discuss comments.

Active Projects

• Proposed New Development at 518 East Highway 67
  
  • The proposed project has moved forward to the building permit stage; a building permit was issued on December 18, 2023.
    
  • The owners have applied for a certificate of occupancy and will receive it once all inspections have been completed.
    
• Proposed New Development at 626 Crestside Drive
  
  • Specific Use Permit request for “Building Material Sales” approved by City Council on March 5, 2024.
    
  • Civils have been approved.
    
  • Building Plans have been approved, and a pre-construction meeting was held on July 23, 2024.
    
  • Building permit issued on August 16, 2024. Construction has begun, and inspections have been requested.

Comprehensive Plan Five-Year Update

• A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) has been posted to the city website by Chief Procurement Officer Elton Brock.
  
• A Pre-Statement of Qualifications Meeting for RFQ 24-0014 was held on March 6, 2024.
  
• A Statement of Qualifications due March 26, 2024, at 2 PM
  
• Evaluations were completed, and 3 firms have been selected.
  
• Recently, the Comprehensive Plan Committee selected 1 firm.
  
• The firm discussed the Comprehensive Plan Update during the work session at the July 16, 2024, City Council meeting.
  
• The selected firm’s contract was brought forth at the Duncanville Community Economic Development Corporation Board for approval on July 30, 2024.
  
• Discussion took place at the August 6, 2024, City Council meeting regarding the kick-off of The Comprehensive Plan Update.
  
• The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee meeting occurred at Collab, located at Wheatland Plaza, 402 East Wheatland Road, on September 9, 2024.
  
• The first public workshop for the city's Comprehensive Plan was hosted on Monday, December 2, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Duncanville Fieldhouse and welcomed over 40 residents. A community survey was given to gather information from the community to further the progress of the plan's creation.
  
• On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, the Steering Committee met to continue discussing planning and project execution.

Short-Term Rental Registration

• 5 properties were granted a Specific Use Permit by the City Council in July of 2024 1 of the 5 properties no longer operate as a short-term rental.
  
• 4 properties were mailed a certified final notice from the Building Official on December 18, 2023.
  
• 1 The property was mailed a final notice from the Planning Division on January 19, 2024.
  
• 2 properties were mailed an initial notice from the Planning Division on January 19, 2024.
• The city has been in discussions with several companies that offer short-term rental tracking services and will make a final decision within the following weeks.

Temporary Workforce Housing Program

• 3 properties were granted a Specific Use Permit by the City Council on May 21, 2024. All 3 properties have completed inspection and registration for 2024.

Street Division

• Crews repaired 3 asphalt utility cuts on Lime Leaf Lane and Softwood Drive.
  
• Staff flushed and cleaned a storm drain inlet on Rocky Creek Drive.
  
• 2 concrete channels on Jungle Drive and Royal Lane were flushed and cleaned by crews.
  
• Crews removed 21 cubic feet of debris from the Willow Run Park drainage headwall near Danieldale Road.
  
• Staff retrieved citizens' keys from a storm drain inlet on North Clark Road.
  
• Staff removed mud from The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ramps on Walnut Street, West Davis Street, and North Forest Lane
  
• Crews prepared sand trucks with spreaders for this week’s winter storm.

Water usage was 30,824,400 gallons during this reporting period, December 30 – January 5, 2025, down from 31,506,800 the previous week. The daily peak water demand occurred on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, when 5,148,200 gallons of water was used. There were 0.01 inches of precipitation during this period. An estimated 221,000 gallons of water loss, including one water main break.

CIP Construction

•  Softwood Drive Sanitary Sewer Aerial Crossing Repair
  • Crews await materials testing and manhole liners.
• Harrington Park/Ten Mile
  
  • The Harington Park and Ten Mile portions of the project are almost complete. Crews await materials testing and manhole lining.

Other Construction

Texas Department of Transportation TxDOT is constructing new service roads and ramps from Cockrell Hill Road in Duncanville to Hampton Road in Dallas, including new bridges across US-67. This project also includes construction by TXDOT of a Texas U-Turn at US 67 and Cockrell Hill Road on the southwest side of the bridge, which is projected to be completed by Fall 2024, barring any unforeseen conditions. The entire project has an estimated completion date of September 2025.