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AGENDA DATE: October 8, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 10
DEPARTMENT: Park & Recreation Department
PRIORITY: Government Efficiency
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SUBJECT
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Authorize Amendment No. 1 to terminate the Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation of a twelve-foot-wide trail from the LBJ/Skillman DART Station to the Richardson City Limits at Buckingham Road using property owned by the Kansas City Southern Railway Company and execution of the Amendment and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the Advanced Funding Agreement (Agreement No. CSJ No. 0918-47-273) - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
On August 12, 2020, the City of Dallas entered into an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in the amount of $4,000,000.00 for design and construction of a twelve-foot-wide trail from the LBJ/Skillman DART Station to the Richardson City Limits at Buckingham Road using property owned by the Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS). The project was funded completely with federal sources, through Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program funding from the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the use of Transportation Development Credits, in the amount of $800,000.00, to serve as the required local match.
Since the agreement award date, it has been determined through conversations with KCS that a multi-use trail will not be allowed within their rail right of way. With the project no longer being feasible, it is necessary to terminate the Agreement with TxDOT.
This action will authorize the execution of Amendment No. 1 to the AFA (Agreement No. CSJ No. 0918-47-273) with TxDOT to terminate the executed agreement for the for design and construction of a twelve-foot-wide trail from the LBJ/Skillman DART Station to the Richardson City Limits at Buckingham Road using property owned by the...
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