STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: June 11, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Dallas Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize settlement in lieu of proceeding further with condemnation in the condemnation suit styled CITY OF DALLAS v. COLUMBIA PACKING OF TEXAS, LTD., et al, for acquisition from Columbia Packing of Texas, Ltd., et al., Cause No. CC-22-01266-A, pending in Dallas County Court at Law No. 1, for acquisition from Columbia Packing of Texas, Ltd, of approximately 498,075 square feet of land located on East 11th Street near its intersection with Cedar Crest Boulevard for the Dallas Floodway Extension Project - Not to exceed $5,116,697.00, increased from $410,303.00 ($405,303.00, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $5,000.00) to $5,527,000.00 ($5,500,000.00, plus closing costs and title expenses not to exceed $27,000.00) - Financing: 06 Trinity River Corridor Project (1998 General Obligation Bond Program) ($641,486.59), Trinity River Corridor Project Fund (1998 General Obligation Bond Program) ($3,498,329.54), Flood Protection and Storm Drainage Facilities Fund (2006 General Obligation Bond Program)($976,880.87)
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BACKGROUND
The City of Dallas is the owner and operator of the Dallas Levee System extending from the Elm and West Forks of the Trinity River through the main stem and terminating at Interstate Highway 20. This system is regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In addition to regulating the Dallas Levee System, the USACE and City have been cost participating in two separate federal projects to improve the public safety of the residents and businesses that are served by this system. The City is required to own, in fee simple, all parcels related to the Dallas Levee System.
In July 2018, the Dallas Levee System flood risk management projects included in the Modified Dallas Floodway Project...
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