PILLAR: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: October 28, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): Citywide
DEPARTMENT: Office of Bond and Construction Management
PRIORITY: Infrastructure
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SUBJECT
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Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the Construction Manager at Risk contract (“CMAR Contract”) with Swinerton Builders for the Dallas Police Department Law Enforcement Training Center on the University of North Texas at Dallas campus to provide (1) City’s acceptance of Guaranteed Maximum Price (“GMP”) 2 for construction services in the amount of $148,193,088.00 (which includes the CMAR’s contingency of $4,445,792.00); and (2) the appropriation and encumbrance of only $20,000,000.00 in currently available funding for the project as part of the GMP 2 for Phase I construction services, increasing the total CMAR Contract price to date from $29,007,276.00 to $49,007,276.00 – Total not to exceed $20,000,000.00 from $29,007,276.00 to $49,007,276.00 - Financing: Public Safety Facilities (F) Fund (2024 Obligation Bond Fund) ($2,500,000.00) and Dallas Police Department Law Enforcement Training Center Fund ($17,500,000.00)
*In alignment with Bond Implementation Program
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BACKGROUND
On June 9, 2021, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNTD) to evaluate and identify sites on the UNTD campus for a new Dallas Police Department Law Enforcement Training Center (DPD LETC). This initiative was further supported on February 14, 2024, when the City Council ordered a May 2024 Bond Election to fund a variety of capital improvement projects citywide. On May 4, 2024, Dallas voters approved Proposition F of the 2024 General Obligation Bond Program, which included $90,000,000.00 in funding for the design, construction, and improvement of public safety facilities. Within Proposition F, there was $50,000,000.00 identified for the DPD LETC a...
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