STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: January 24, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 7
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Dr. Robert Perez
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SUBJECT
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Authorize Amendment No. 1 to the Advance Funding Agreement (Agreement No. CSJ 0918-47-375) between the City of Dallas and the Texas Department of Transportation for engineering to reroute the truck traffic and create a context sensitive design/road diet on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from State Highway 352 to Botham Jean Boulevard to extend the end of the original contract term up to 24 months, from August 31, 2024, to August 31, 2026, to allow the City of Dallas enough time to fulfill the Advanced Funding Agreement requirement - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
The City of Dallas and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) executed a contract on May 24, 2023, to effectuate their agreement for engineering to reroute the truck traffic and create a context sensitive design/road diet on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from State Highway 352 to Botham Jean Boulevard. It has become necessary to amend the agreement to extend the agreement termination date to allow the City of Dallas enough time to fulfill the Advanced Funding Agreement (AFA) requirement.
Article 1, Period of the Agreement, will be amended to extend the end of the original contract term from August 31, 2024, to August 31, 2026. The agreement termination date is extended to the maximum term allowable for a non-construction AFA, which is three years.
All other provisions of the original contract are unchanged and remain in full force and effect.
ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF PROJECT
Begin Design March 2024 (revised from October 2023)
Complete Design August 2026 (revised from May 2024)
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On May 10, 2023, the City Council authorized an AFA with TxDOT to accept Regional Toll Revenue Funds for engineering to reroute the truck traffic and create a context sensitive design/road diet on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from State Highway 352 to Botham Jean Boulevard (Agreement No. CSJ 0918-47-375) in the amount of $500,000.00 as State participation from the State Highway 121 Subaccount for 100 percent of the project costs (no local participation required) by Resolution No. 23-0620.
FISCAL INFORMATION
No cost consideration to the City.
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