STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: February 24, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 1, 4
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an amendment No. 1 to the Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation to allocate Surface Transportation Block Grant funding for the Southern Gateway Public Green Project - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
On October 31, 2017, the City of Dallas entered into an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to construct a deck structure over Interstate 35E. This deck structure would ultimately extend over the freeway between Marsalis Avenue and Ewing Street Bridges. Currently, the deck construction agreement includes the first phase and will cover approximately half of that total length. However, the agreement also includes constructing foundations and design work that will facilitate the second phase to cover the full length.
This project is often referred to by TxDOT as the Southern Gateway Public Green (SGPG). Others often refer to it as the Deck Park. As these names imply, construction of the deck structure by TxDOT is intended to support the development of a public park. The park is being designed under the direction of the SGPG Foundation (Foundation). The Foundation is also engaged in an extensive fund-raising effort to cover the cost of the park development.
The Deck Park is intended to help reunite the two communities that were separated years ago by the construction of the original freeway. The reunited communities will include the Dallas Zoo, the 10th Street Historic District, the DART Zoo Station, and several other residential and commercial areas.
The fire and life safety requirements for the second phase of the Deck Park requires additional design and construc...
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