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Governor Abbott Adds Dallas County For Public Assistance (Category B) To Presidential Disaster Declaration In Response To Harvey

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today requested the addition of 14 Texas counties to the Presidential Disaster Declaration previously granted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This addition will bring the total to 33 counties which will receive Individual Assistance, Public Assistance (Categories A and B including Direct Federal Assistance) and Hazard Mitigation from FEMA in response to the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. The previously granted 19 counties include Aransas, Bee, Bexar (for Public Assistance), Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Ft. Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Harris, Jackson, Kleberg, Liberty, Matagorda, Nueces, San Patricio, Refugio, Victoria, and Wharton.

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Dallas County Buildings to Open Monday, July 11, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2016

Press Release: Dallas County Buildings to Open Monday, July 11, 2016

Dallas – The following county buildings will be open for business on Monday, July 11, 2016:

George L. Allen Sr. Civil Courts Bldg.
600 Commerce St.
Dallas,Texas 75202

Old Red Museum
100 S. Houston St.
Dallas,Texas 75202

Dallas County Administration Bldg.
411 Elm St.
Dallas, Texas 75202

Dallas County Records Building
509 Main St.
Dallas, Texas 75202

All of the above buildings will be open for regular business hours. Jurors summoned to George Allen for jury duty are expected to report for service as specified by the instructions on the original notice they received in the mail.

Contact: Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins
Clay.Jenkins@dallascounty.org
214-653-7949

JFK REMEMBERANCE SERVICE EVENT

JFK REMEMBERANCE SERVICE EVENT

In preparation for the remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the County has made November 22, 2013 a County holiday. Based on the attention focused on this event in Dallas County next week, security will be extremely high.

BUILDING CLOSURES
All County offices in the downtown building complexes (Records, Administration, Old Red and George Allen) will need to end their work day no later than 4:30 PM sharp on Thursday, November 21, 2013 and all employees are asked to immediately leave the building and exit the County parking garages so a security sweep can begin. Any vehicles left in the County downtown parking garages after 6:00 PM will be towed, NO EXCEPTIONS.

STREET CLOSURES
There will be NO access to any downtown County buildings until the conclusion of the event late in the afternoon of Friday, November 22, 2013. All streets and sidewalks within the perimeter of the event will be closed by order of the Dallas Police department on Friday, November 22nd. There will be a number of street closures and changes in traffic patterns next week. Please check the City of Dallas website for more specific information on road closures.

EMPLOYEE PARKING
There will also be challenges with parking in the private lot behind the County Administration Building.
Dallas County will offer vouchers for County employees who park in this lot. This voucher will allow employees to park in the Records Building parking garage at the same rate from November 18 ‐21.  Vouchers will be available on the 2nd floor of County Administration beginning Thursday, November 14, 2013. Employees will need to produce County Identification in order to receive a voucher.

EMERGENCY
In case of emergency please call Security’s main number: 214‐653‐7000. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COME TO ANY OF THE DOWNTOWN COUNTY BUILDINGS DURING THE EVENT.

We appreciate all of your cooperation. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact County Administration.

Darryl.martin@dallascounty.org
Gordon.hikel@dallascounty.org
Angelina.smith@dallascounty.org