Two Dallas City Council members said city staff added leading questions to a public survey about the future of City Hall in a Friday memo.
Paula Blackmon and Adam Bazaldua have been among the council’s loudest critics of plans to relocate from I.M. Pei’s brutalist city hall building, which is reportedly in need of over $1 billion in deferred maintenance and upgrades. After a marathon 15-hour meeting in March, city council members directed staff to gather more information on funding for existing maintenance needs and on potential relocation options.
The two council members cast two of the six votes against the resolution ultimately adopted after 1 a.m. that morning, and now, they have issues with how the information called for is being collected, according to a memo sent to the city manager’s office from Bazaldua and Blackmon…